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sophism
noun
(soph-ism)
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms:
sophistication
,
sophistry
,
Words Related to
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sophistry
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sophistic
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casuistry
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tautology
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knavery
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reductio ad absurdum
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speciousness
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tu quoque
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falsehood
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imposture
,
pedantry
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foolishness
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roguery
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sophistries
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malignity
,
barbarisms
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abstract noun
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speciesist
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harlotry
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charlatanry
,
reactionism
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wrongheadedness
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blatancy
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officiousness
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manichaeism
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sanctimoniousness
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rapine
,
flatteries
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wishfulness
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atavism
,
reification
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vulgarization
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ambiguousness
,
disingenuity
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theologizing
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flapdoodle
,
immoderation
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buncombe
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loathsomeness
,
presentism
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syllogisms
,
exclusionism
,
russophobia
,
neologism
,
hegelian dialectic
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journalese
,
doublethink
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lunacies
,
res publica
,
tommyrot
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absurdness
,
cravenness
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legalism
,
tendentiousness
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impiety
,
imbecility
,
cliquishness
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priggishness
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pompousness
,
literalism
,
mobocracy
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dogmatism
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stultification
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misguidance
,
machiavellianism
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misquotation
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placation
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murderousness
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eschaton
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reductionism
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inuendo
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irrationalism
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idolatries
,
incommensurability
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benignity
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commonplaces
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irredentism
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immoralities
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habitude
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marxism
,
exclusionist
,
theocrat
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egocentricity
,
enormities
,
hyperboles
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archaism
,
humbuggery
,
puerility
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solipsist
,
zionism
,
attitudinizing
,
ethnocentrism
,
accusative
,
philistinism
,
benthamite
,
conditioned reflex
,
weltanschauung
,
irrationality
,
claptrap
,
majoritarianism
,
sophism
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