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Sophistry
noun
/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/
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Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
noun
Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
2.
noun
The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
3.
noun
An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
Synonyms
sophism
sophisticism
sophistic
philosophism
sophianism
sophocracy
sophy
sophiology
sciosophist
socratism
sophrologist
sciosophy
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