Associations to the word «Sophistry»
Noun
- Fallacy
- Evasion
- Falsehood
- Conceit
- Rhetoric
- Hypocrisy
- Hume
- Argument
- Conspirator
- Conscience
- Illusion
- Reasoning
- Logic
- Ignorance
- Deception
- Truth
- Browning
- Excuse
- Morality
- Wit
- Justification
- Moral
- Insult
- Blind
- Plato
- Philosophy
- Render
- Philosopher
- Weakness
- Temptation
- Innocence
- Admiration
- Folly
- Inheritance
- Spite
- Guilt
- Passion
- Speculation
- Trick
- Slavery
- Inspiration
- Oath
- Flame
- Self
- Faith
- Sense
- Question
- Principle
- Necessity
- Conduct
- Obligation
- Answer
- Slave
- Judgment
Adjective
Wiktionary
SOPHISTRY, noun. (uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
SOPHISTRY, noun. (uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
SOPHISTRY, noun. (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
Dictionary definition
SOPHISTRY, noun. A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.