sophism (n)
sophistry (n)
sophistication#2 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Outgoing links
Hypernym fallacy, false belief
Derivationally related form sophistication → sophisticate
Derivationally related form sophism → sophistic
Derivationally related form sophism → sophist
Incoming links
Derivationally related form sophistic → sophism
Hyponym fallacy, false belief
Derivationally related form sophist → sophism
Derivationally related form sophisticate → sophistication

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