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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.