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.

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See sophistry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. sophistries

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

Origin: ME sophistrie < ML sophistria

See sophistry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. soph·is·tries
  1. Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
  2. A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument.

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