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View usage for: (sɒfɪstri) uncountable nounSophistry is the practice of using clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false. [formal] Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy. Synonyms: fallacy, quibble, casuistry, sophism More Synonyms of sophistry sophistry in British English (ˈsɒfɪstrɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ries1. a. a method of argument that is seemingly plausible though actually invalid and misleading b. the art of using such arguments 2. subtle but unsound or fallacious reasoning 3. an instance of this; sophism sophistry in American English (ˈsɑfɪstri) nounWord forms: plural ˈsophistries1. unsound or misleading but clever, plausible, and subtle argument or reasoning; sophism 2. the methods or practices of the Sophists Word origin ME sophistrie < ML sophistriaExamples of 'sophistry' in a sentencesophistry Definition an instance of this a triumph of sophistry Synonyms sophism specious reasoning Additional synonymsDefinition reasoning that is misleading or oversubtle Every system of moral rules, laws, and principles gives rise to casuistry. Synonyms sophistry, chicanery, equivocation, speciousness, sophism, oversubtleness Definition a trivial objection or equivocation, esp. one used to avoid an issue These are minor quibbles. Synonyms objection, complaint, niggle, protest, criticism, nicety, equivocation, prevarication, cavil, sideswipe, quiddity, sophism - soothsayer
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- sorcerer
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