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Meanings of sophism in English

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sofisma
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sofismo

A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.

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        sofística

        Ancient Greek philosophical school.

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                Usage of sophism in English
                1
                No sophism of political economy is more widely spread than the foregoing.
                What Is Free Trade? / An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophi...
                2
                This sophism has found its way into several books on penal legislation.
                Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
                3
                The wretched sophism was silenced by the execrations of the House of Commons.
                Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
                4
                He is the reputed author of the famous sophism against motion.
                Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
                5
                It is the sad consequence, and the rest is only sophism.
                Grand junction
                6
                You can't pull my leg with an old sophism with whiskers on it.
                Whirligigs
                7
                And he formulated this decision with the reassuring sophism: One loves but once!
                Strong as Death
                8
                Self-preservation is not theft; let us ease our conscience with this sophism... Ha!
                The Grey Cloak
                9
                The preceding passage seems to rest on a similar sophism.
                Biographia Literaria
                10
                But with a word he obliterated the sophism-andwith a glance repressed the badinage.
                The Allen House; Or, Twenty Years Ago and Now
                11
                This is an obvious sophism, which will deceive no one.
                The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy
                12
                This childishness was not the sophism of my reason; it was that of my indolence.
                The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 07
                13
                But every step of this sophism is in error.
                Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith / Being an Examination o...
                14
                To this the Emperor consented, seeking to mask the unscrupulous deed by a pitiful sophism.
                The Life of Cesare Borgia
                15
                Seeing me foiled, Charley advanced with the doubtful aid of a sophism to help me.
                Wilfrid Cumbermede
                16
                Hurl some idle sophism at a woman of intelligence.
                The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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