Sophistry Definition

sŏfĭ-strē
sophistries
noun
sophistries
Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
American Heritage
Unsound or misleading but clever, plausible, and subtle argument or reasoning.
Webster's New World

Sophism.

Webster's New World

(uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.

Wiktionary

(uncountable) Cunning or trickery.

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Singular:
sophistry
Plural:
sophistries

Origin of Sophistry

  • From Old French sophistrie, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistÄ“s, “wise man"), from σοφίζω (sophizō, “I am wise"), from σοφός (sophos, “wise").

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Sophistry Sentence Examples

  • They are a strange blend of sophistry, superstition, sound sense and solid argument.

  • When at a loss for good reasons, he had recourse to sophistry; and when heated by altercation, he made unsparing use of sarcasm and invective.

  • Man's utter incapacity to do anything to please God, and his utter personal dependence on God's grace seemed to render the whole system of the Church well-nigh gratuitous even if it were purged of all the " sophistry " which to Luther seemed to bury out of sight all that was essential in religion.

  • With these considerable merits, normal sophistry had one defect, its indifference to truth.

  • That sophistry must be studied in its historical development was clearly seen by Plato, whose dialogue called the Sophist contains a formal review of the changing phases and aspects of sophistical teaching.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOP

Words Ending With

YRYTRY

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