chop logic

Meaning

Adj

Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Chopped logic: reasoning which is improper; sophistry.
2. (countable, obsolete) A logic chopper: one who makes confusing or specious arguments, especially arguments involving equivocation.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To talk back, bandy words; to argue generally.
2. To argue skillfully, using complex logic or clever reasoning.
3. To make an argument which is illogical, especially one which is overly complex or which improperly uses fine or clever distinctions; to equivocate.

Synonyms

pilpul

chopped logic

Translations

sofisma

argúcia

Sophismus

Sophisterei

Sophisma

σοφιστεία

sophisme

sofisma

sofistica

sofisticheria

sophisma

sofisme

drogreden

sophisme