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[ sof -uh -stree ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɒf ə stri / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural soph·ist·ries. a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
a false argument; sophism.
Origin of sophistry First recorded in1300–50; Middle English sophistrie, (from Middle French), equivalent to sophistre “sophist” (see sophister) + -ie -y3 , from Medieval Latin sophistria , from Latin sophista, sophistes; see origin at sophist
OTHER WORDS FROM sophistry an·ti·soph·ist·ry, noun Words nearby sophistry sophister, sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistication, sophistry , sophists, Sophocles, sophomore, sophomoric, Sophonias
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Example sentences from the Web for sophistry Unlike some of the other arguments for the filibuster, this is a valid point, not mere sophistry .
The definitive case for ending the filibuster | Ezra Klein| October 1, 2020| Vox
One of the arguments for intervention arising from the Syria strikes relies on a bit of sophistry .
What Israel's Attack Doesn't Mean For American Intervention In Syria | Ali Gharib| May 6, 2013| DAILY BEAST
No amount of rouge will ever camouflage rhetoric and sophistry .
Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism | William Giraldi| September 5, 2012| DAILY BEAST
But there is a sophistry which attends all the passions, especially those into which the populace enter.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. | David Hume
People unpleasantly refer me back, and to escape I have to invent some sophistry .
The Journal of a Disappointed Man | Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
It is his inability to discover the true mode of investigation that accounts for much of Rousseau's sophistry .
The Rise of the Democracy | Joseph Clayton
In our attempt to reconcile God's conduct with morality, we resort to sophistry .
Morality Without God | M. M. Mangasarian
It is always acceptable to my mind, and, stripped of all sophistry and oblique conditions, it would appear the same to every mind.
The Speech of Monkeys | R. L. Garner
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British Dictionary definitions for sophistry noun plural -ries a method of argument that is seemingly plausible though actually invalid and misleading the art of using such arguments subtle but unsound or fallacious reasoning
an instance of this; sophism
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Words related to sophistry misconception, deception, fallacy, trickery, casuistry, ambiguity, inconsistency, paralogism