You can adduce studies and reports all you like, but their sophistry will always win out.
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Sophistry
/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/
Synonyms for "sophistry" (174 found)
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Closest matches (35)
acutenessaestheticsambiguityargumentargument by analogyargumentum ad baculumargumentum ad captandumargumentum ad hominemartartfulnessartificeastutenessatomismaxiologybad casebegging the questioncageynesscalliditycanninesscasuistry
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chicanerycircular argumentcircularityclaptrapclevernesscollege of laputacorruptioncosmologycraftcraftinesscrossed fingerscrowd-pleasing argumentcunning
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (52)
cunningnessdeceptiondeceptivenessdeductiondeductive reasoningdelusiondemonstrationdiscoursediscourse of reasondiscursive reasondisingenuousnessdistortionemptinessempty wordsepistemologyequivocationethicsevasionfallacyfine italian hand
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finessefirst philosophyformal fallacyfoxinessgamesmanshipgnosiologyguilehollow mockeryhollownesshysteron proteroninductioninductive reasoningingeniousnessinsidiousnessinsincere argumentinsincerityinventivenessitalian handjesuitrylogiclogical fallacylogical thoughtmaterial fallacymental philosophymere rhetoricmetaphysicsmisapplicationmisdirectionmisguidance
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misinformationmisinstructionmisknowledgemisleadingmisteachingmockerymoonshinemoral philosophymystificationnon sequiturobfuscationobscurantismobscurationone upmanshipone-upmanshipontologyparalogismperversionpetitio principiiphenomenology
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philosophastryphilosophic doctrinephilosophic systemphilosophic theoryphilosophical inquiryphilosophical speculationphilosophismphilosophyplausibilityproofpseudosyllogismquibbleratiocinationrationalismrationalityrationalizationrationalizingreadinessreasonreasonablenessreasoningresourcefulnesssatanic cunningschool of philosophyschool of thoughtscience of beingsharpnessshiftinessshrewdnessslipperinessslynesssneakinesssolecismsophismspecious reasoningspeciousnessspuriousnessstealthstealthinesssubtiltysubtlenesssubtletysupplenesssweet reasontergiversationtheory of beautytheory of knowledgetongue in cheektrickinessuncandidnessuncandorunfranknessvalue theoryverbal fallacyvicious circlewarinessweak pointwilewileswilinesswit
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
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7 entriesad hominemappeal to emotiondelusive reasoningfalse dichotomypseudo argumentspecious argumentstraw man
Collocations
5 entriesacademic sophistrypolitical sophistrysophistic argumentsophistic rhetoricspecious reasoning
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1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I think that things have become very murky these days, lots of misunderstanding, miscues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry.
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Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money.
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And so he reasoned until the first generous impulse to proclaim the truth and relinquish his titles and his estates to their rightful owner was forgotten beneath the mass of sophistries which self-interest had advanced.
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