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Sophism

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Noun

1. sophism, sophistication, sophistry

a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sophism

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noun
an instance of sophistry
Compare paralogism

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Sophism

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noun
a clever and plausible but fallacious argument or form of reasoning, whether or not intended to deceive; fallacy or sophistry

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sophism

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n.
1. A plausible but fallacious argument.
2. Deceptive or fallacious argumentation.

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