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Sophistry vs Honesty - What's the difference?

sophistry | honesty |

As nouns the difference between sophistry and honesty

is that sophistry is (uncountable) cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery while honesty is honor, decency, propriety.

sophistry

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
  • *"Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money." 1844 - Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments (Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi)
  • (uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
  • (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.

    • Related terms

    * Sophia * sophism * sophist * sophistication

    See also

    * demagogy * rhetoric

    honesty

    English

    (wikipedia honesty) (Lunaria) (Lunaria)

    Noun

  • honor, decency, propriety.
  • Chastity.
  • (label) The act, quality, or condition of being honest
  • (label) Any of various crucifers in the genus , several of which are grown as ornamentals.

    • Antonyms

    * dishonesty

    Derived terms

    * honesty is the best policy * maiden's honesty ()

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