sophistry

Significat (Anglès)

1. (historical, uncountable) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
2. (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning.
3. (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.

Conceptes

picardia

sofística

Sinònims

sophism

casuistry

sophistication

quibbling

chicanery

evasion

error in reasoning

fallacy

fraud

hair-splitting

hoax

imposture

play on words

quibble

sham

sophistic

stratagem

trickery

biased argument

biassed argument

specious argument

astuteness

false syllogism

cheating

chicane

deceit

deception

deceptiveness

Traduccions

σοφιστεία

sophistique

sofisticheria

yanıltmaca

sofistlik

Sophisterei

σοφιστική

safsata

Schikane

falsches Argument

Täuschung

verdrehte Behauptung

Sophisma

List

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: safistre

In summary

From Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye, sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie, sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria, Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise man”), from σοφίζω (sophízō, “I am wise”), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”), equivalent to sophist + -ry.