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sophistry | sophistical |

As a noun sophistry

is (uncountable) cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.

As an adjective sophistical is

pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.

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

    sophistical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
  • Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.
  • * Thomas Babington Macaulay
    • This is, we believe, a fair summary of Mr. Lamb's doctrine. We are sure that we do not wish to represent him unfairly. But we must plainly say that his argument, though ingenious, is altogether sophistical .

    Synonyms

    * sophistic

    Derived terms

    * sophistically * sophisticalness