Sophistry is tricking someone by making a seemingly clever argument, such as telling your mom you must have candy before dinner because if you don't you'll die and then the protein and vitamins won't get eaten at all.
The art or process of reasoning; logic.
Noun
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
n.
The art or process of reasoning; logic.
n.
The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning;
reasoning sound in appearance only.
Sophistry
The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in using a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion.
The art or process of reasoning; logic.
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
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