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sophism (62 synonym found)

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fallacy

bad case

claptrap

delusion

jesuitry

solecism

subtlety

casuistry

deception

jesuitism

sophistry

distortion

invalidity

paralogism

perversion

speciosity

weak point

circularity

empty words

insincerity

obfuscation

unsoundness

illogicality

non sequitur

obscurantism

oversubtlety

philosophism

plausibility

speciousness

spuriousness

deceptiveness

equivocalness

irrationality

mere rhetoric

mystification

plausibleness

fallaciousness

formal fallacy

sophistication

verbal fallacy

vicious circle

logical fallacy

pseudosyllogism

rationalization

disingenuousness

material fallacy

special pleading

circular argument

evasive reasoning

hysteron proteron

petitio principii

vicious reasoning

apparent soundness

insincere argument

specious reasoning

argument by analogy

begging the question

argumentum ad baculum

argumentum ad hominem

sophistical reasoning

argumentum ad captandum

crowd-pleasing argument

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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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