[responsivevoice] sophistry [/responsivevoice] [ sof-uh-stree ]
The word of the day is ‘sophistry’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Sophism
2. Deception
3. A fallacious argument
4. Use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving
1. For a moment he was at a loss; then he had recourse to sophistry.
2. It was only feasible by veritable dancing on the tight-rope of sophistry.
3. Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry.
4. The reasoning may be plausible, but it is no better than sophistry.
5. Still, Greta’s nervousness increased; no reason, no sophistry could allay it.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
deception, fallacy, misconception, subtle argument, ambiguity, casuistry, inconsistency, paralogism, trickery, paralogy, specious reasoning, sophism, casuistry, quibbling, equivocation, fallaciousness, fallacious argument, quibble, chicanery, delusion, trickery, evasion, shrewdness, canniness, slyness, hair-splitting, nit-picking, deceit, misdirection, misguidance, inventiveness, sharpness, foxiness, wit, finesse, jesuitry, etc.
certainty, naivety, crudeness, artlessness, fiction, contrivance, cleverness, fantasy, conceit, gullibility, guilelessness
Quotation:
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams
Social Example:
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