TermGallery
English
English
Spanish
Catalan
Portuguese
Russian
Look up alternatives for...
EN
Interface language
English
Español
Català
Português
Русский
Meanings
Examples
We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Accept and close
More about cookies
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of
sophistry
in English
Portuguese
sofisma
Catalan
sofística
Spanish
sofismo
Back to the meaning
A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
sophistication
sophism
Portuguese
sofisma
Usage of
sophistry
in English
1
All
sophistry
falls to the ground in the presence of this argument.
2
She was not analytical; there was no
sophistry
in her young heart.
3
The brisk colloquial vocabulary fits admirably the brilliant
sophistry
of the argument.
4
It is odious
sophistry
,
unworthy of the age in which we live.
5
He was bold, and never dealt in
sophistry
,
but in plain speech.
6
All the
sophistry
in the world, my son, cannot change that decision.
7
His discrimination had none of the hair-splitting
sophistry
of the ancient teachers.
8
One feels slightly grubby even referring to this particular piece of
near
-
sophistry
.
9
But all other talk of equality was the greatest
sophistry
and charlatanism.
10
The reasoning may be plausible, but it is no better than
sophistry
.
11
To the
sophistry
of Chandler, Wendell Phillips also made a logical reply.
12
His reasoning is specious, but beneath the
sophistry
there is a plan.
13
You are no more a narrow-minded creature influenced by prejudice and
sophistry
.
14
They did not invent this
sophistry
,
-
it
is
as old as our humanity.
15
No
sophistry
could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
16
Fire destroys falsehood, that is
sophistry
,
and restores truth, driving out darkness.
Other examples for "sophistry"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sophistry
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
such sophistry
mere sophistry
ingenious sophistry
own sophistry
great sophistry
More collocations
Translations for
sophistry
Portuguese
sofisma
Catalan
sofística
Spanish
sofismo
Sophistry
through the time
Sophistry
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common