sophistry
🇬🇧 UK/'sɒfistri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
Clever but misleading or fallacious reasoning, especially when used deliberately to deceive.
诡辩,似是而非的论点
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishsophother
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istone who practices, believer in
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ryplace of, art of, collection
=sophistry
Common Collocations
- 1.mere sophistry纯粹的诡辩
- 2.political sophistry政治诡辩
- 3.[resort to sophistry]诉诸诡辩
- 4.intellectual sophistry智识上的诡辩
Example Sentences
- 1.
The lawyer's sophistry confused the jury, making a weak case seem convincing.
- 2.
His argument was pure sophistry, designed to mislead rather than illuminate the truth.
- 3.
Critics accused the politician of relying on sophistry to dodge difficult questions.