sophistry

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Synonyms: sophist, sophistic, sophister, sophisto, sophists, sophisters

Antonyms: sophist, sophistic, sophister, sophisto, sophists, sophisters

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable|historical}} The [[action]]s or [[argument]]s of a [[sophist]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{U|plausible}} yet [[fallacious]] [[argumentation]] or reasoning.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[argument]] that seems [[plausible]], but is [[fallacious]] or [[misleading]], especially one [[devise]]d [[deliberately]] to be so.

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