sofisme

Meaning

1. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) sophism, the practices and doctrines of the sophists, ancient Greek itinerant teachers of rhetoric who taught a form of relativism
2. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) fallacy, sophism

Concepts

sophism

chicanery

fallacy

chop logic

pilpul

chopped logic

Synonyms

drogreden

sophisme

chikane

schijnreden

Translations

Sophismus

sophisme

Sophisma

sofisma

sofisma

Sophisterei

σοφιστεία

argúcia

Täuschungsmanöver

Schikane

Trugschluss

casuistique

Täuschung

fallacia

Fehlschluss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsoːˈfɪs.mə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: sophisme

In summary

From Middle Dutch sophisme, from Latin sophisma, from Ancient Greek [Term?].