sophistry

Sophistry is the deliberate use of a false argument with the intent to trick someone or a false or untrue argument.

(noun)

An example of sophistry is when you use a fact in an argument to make your point even though you know the point is false.

See sophistry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: ME sophistrie < ML sophistria

See sophistry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. soph·is·tries

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