sophistry
Senso (Inglese)
- (historical, uncountable) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning.
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.
Concetti
sinonimi
error in reasoning
biased argument
biassed argument
specious argument
false syllogism
Traduzioni
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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.
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