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.
Meaning
3 senses(historical, uncountable)The actions or arguments of a sophist.
(uncountable)Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
Wortklauberei
(countable)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
Examples
1 sentencesYou can adduce studies and reports all you like, but their sophistry will always win out.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: sophistries| Singular | sophistry |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone:sophismsophistication
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable