sophistry
2 synonyms for sophistry, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The behaviour or arguments typical of a sophist.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye and sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie and sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria and Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophis...
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