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1. sophistry
noun. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
Synonyms
- false belief
- fallacy
- sophistication
Antonyms
- unenlightenment
- naivete
Etymology
- sophistrie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sophista (Latin)
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1. Noun, singular or mass
Their rhetorical soundness and their implicit encouragement of original thought, which Plato originally set out to do when rejecting sophistry, heightened their importance.