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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

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