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SOPHISTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("sophistry" is a kind of...):
fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)