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sophism (62 synonym found)

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apparent soundness

argument by analogy

argumentum ad baculum

argumentum ad captandum

argumentum ad hominem

bad case

begging the question

casuistry

circular argument

circularity

claptrap

crowd-pleasing argument

deception

deceptiveness

delusion

disingenuousness

distortion

empty words

equivocalness

evasive reasoning

fallaciousness

fallacy

formal fallacy

hysteron proteron

illogicality

insincere argument

insincerity

invalidity

irrationality

jesuitism

jesuitry

logical fallacy

material fallacy

mere rhetoric

mystification

non sequitur

obfuscation

obscurantism

oversubtlety

paralogism

perversion

petitio principii

philosophism

plausibility

plausibleness

pseudosyllogism

rationalization

solecism

sophistical reasoning

sophistication

sophistry

special pleading

speciosity

specious reasoning

speciousness

spuriousness

subtlety

unsoundness

verbal fallacy

vicious circle

vicious reasoning

weak point

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Definition of sophism:

(n) : a flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. An intentional fallacy

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Definition of sophism:

(n) : a flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. An intentional fallacy

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