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sophism (62 synonym found)

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argumentum ad captandum

crowd-pleasing argument

argumentum ad baculum

argumentum ad hominem

sophistical reasoning

begging the question

argument by analogy

apparent soundness

insincere argument

specious reasoning

circular argument

evasive reasoning

hysteron proteron

petitio principii

vicious reasoning

disingenuousness

material fallacy

special pleading

logical fallacy

pseudosyllogism

rationalization

fallaciousness

formal fallacy

sophistication

verbal fallacy

vicious circle

deceptiveness

equivocalness

irrationality

mere rhetoric

mystification

plausibleness

illogicality

non sequitur

obscurantism

oversubtlety

philosophism

plausibility

speciousness

spuriousness

circularity

empty words

insincerity

obfuscation

unsoundness

distortion

invalidity

paralogism

perversion

speciosity

weak point

casuistry

deception

jesuitism

sophistry

bad case

claptrap

delusion

jesuitry

solecism

subtlety

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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Definition of sophism:

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

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