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Sophistry

//ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi//

Synonyms for "sophistry" (165 found)

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General use (156)

Name, noun, verb(5 words)

reason art craft wile guile

Noun, verb(8 words)

argument discourse philosophy artifice reasoning misteaching rationalizing begging the question

Name, noun(3 words)

sharpness emptiness wiles

Noun(105 words)

readiness subtlety corruption distortion deduction mockery delusion perversion deception rationalization induction cleverness fallacy evasion equivocation sophistication chicanery rationality artfulness casuistry

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misapplication mystification claptrap ambiguity atomism vicious circle insincerity solecism canniness acuteness speciousness ethics circularity sophism shrewdness ratiocination plausibility resourcefulness weak point inventiveness obfuscation tergiversation rationalism metaphysics non sequitur reasonableness aesthetics shiftiness cosmology ingeniousness hysteron proteron astuteness misdirection trickiness wariness epistemology hollowness ontology one-upmanship gamesmanship slipperiness obscurantism phenomenology suppleness paralogism obscuration school of thought inductive reasoning slyness misinformation craftiness misguidance deceptiveness insidiousness disingenuousness sneakiness philosophism axiology deductive reasoning foxiness wiliness stealthiness jesuitry subtilty cunningness cageyness petitio principii subtleness callidity moral philosophy logical fallacy pseudosyllogism uncandidness argumentum ad hominem unfrankness gnosiology spuriousness value theory uncandor philosophastry first philosophy formal fallacy argumentum ad baculum misinstruction misknowledge

Noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(2 words)

logic misleading

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argument by analogy argumentum ad captandum bad case crowd-pleasing argument insincere argument material fallacy verbal fallacy college of Laputa hollow mockery

Adjective(1 words)

tongue in cheek

Adv, noun(1 words)

crossed fingers

Informal (9)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

finesse moonshine quibble

Noun, slang(3 words)

demonstration empty words circular argument

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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