sophistries

Variant of sophistry

sophistry definition

soph·istry (säf′is trē)

noun pl. sophistries -·tries

  1. unsound or misleading but clever, plausible, and subtle argument or reasoning; sophism
  2. the methods or practices of the Sophists

Etymology: ME sophistrie < ML sophistria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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