Sophisms

Synonyms for "sophisms" (76 found)

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Noun(1 words)

apparent soundnessargumentargument by analogyargumentum ad baculumargumentum ad captandumargumentum ad hominematomismbad casebegging the questioncasuistrycircular argumentcircularity claptrapcrowd-pleasing argumentdeception

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Noun(3 words)

deceptive argumentfallacyfalse argument

deceptiveness delusion disingenuousness distortionempty wordsequivocalness equivocationevasive reasoningfallaciousness fallacyformal fallacyhysteron proteronillogicalityinsincere argumentinsincerity invalidity irrationality jesuitism jesuitry

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logical fallacymaterial fallacymere rhetoricmisapplication moonshine mystificationnon sequiturobfuscation obscurantism oversubtlety paralogism perversionpetitio principiiphilosophism philosophy plausibility plausibleness pseudosyllogism quibble rationalization

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solecismsophistical reasoningsophistication sophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousness spuriousness subtlety unsoundnessverbal fallacyvicious circlevicious reasoningweak point

Noun(3 words)

rhetorical ploysophisticationspecious argument

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One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it."

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