SOPHISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

Synonyms:

sophism; sophistication; sophistry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sophism" is a kind of...):

fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)

Derivation:

sophist (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)

sophistic (plausible but misleading)