sophistry
The actions or arguments of a sophistThe actions or arguments of a sophist.
» You can adduce studies and reports all you like, but their sophistry will always win out.
Значение
значений: 3(историческое, неисчисляемое)The actions or arguments of a sophist.
(неисчисляемое)Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
Wortklauberei
(исчисляемое)An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
Haarspalterei
софи́стикаsofístika
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Примеры
предложений: 1You can adduce studies and reports all you like, but their sophistry will always win out.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophFrom Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye, sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie, sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria, Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise man”), from σοφίζω (sophízō, “to be wise”), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”), equivalent to sophist + -ry.
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Формы
мн. число: sophistries| Ед. число | sophistry |
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| Мн. число | sophistries |
правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 9- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone:sophismsophistication
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 7Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым