'Sophistry' definitions:

Definition of 'sophistry'

From: WordNet
noun
A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn: sophism, sophistry, sophistication]

Definition of 'Sophistry'

From: GCIDE
  • Sophistry \Soph"ist*ry\, n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.]
  • 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. [1913 Webster]
  • The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: See Fallacy. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sophistry'

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