Sophistry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sophistry is a noun meaning (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
Meaning
(uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
Example Sentences
Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money.
And so he reasoned until the first generous impulse to proclaim the truth and relinquish his titles and his estates to their rightful owner was forgotten beneath the mass of sophistries which self-interest had advanced.
Word Forms
- sophistries
Synonyms for sophistry
Depending on context, synonyms include excuse, sophism, casuistry, casuistics, pilpul, pilpulism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sophism, sophisticism, sophistic, philosophism, sophocracy, sophy.
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