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Sophistical

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Adjective

1. sophistic, sophistical

plausible but misleading

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sophistical

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adjective
1. 
of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry
2. 
clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead
a sophistical argument
3. 
using sophistry

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Sophistical

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of sophists.
2. Apparently sound but really fallacious; specious: sophistic refutations.

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