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Sophistry vs Speciousness - What's the difference?

sophistry | speciousness |

In uncountable terms the difference between sophistry and speciousness

is that sophistry is the art of using deceptive speech or writing while speciousness is the state or quality of being specious.

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

    speciousness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
  • (countable, rare) The result or product of being specious.