sophistry Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈsɒf.ɪ.stri]
  • Us [ ˈsɑː.fɪ.stri]

Meaning of sophistry In English

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  • The mixture of sophistry and sloppy research just described pervades the entire book.

  • I shall not repeat all the sophistry whereby these positions were strengthened.

  • The part of logic that gives the rules of this art is named sophistry, and its name is also given by homonymy.

  • Sophistry contends that the human excellence manifested in charismatic or traditional authority, areté, can be mastered by the people through the exercise of the tongue.

  • I am mindful of past exercises by senior civil servants and the sophistry that they employ on behalf of their political masters.

  • It is sophistry to pretend that the process of administrative decision-making is truly separable into preliminaries and the great act itself.

  • I suppose that we must pass that kind of sophistry.

  • He knows that it is pure sophistry on his part.

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