sophism
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That prompted a Foreign Ministry official to say Pompeo had been “letting loose reckless remarks and sophism of all kinds against us every day.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2019
Mixing his sophism with some cynicism, Galbraith explained that such shyness will be outgrown before long.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The greatest sophism with which the race has ever been cursed is that hoary one of the lazy preacher: “Do as I say, not as I do.”
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.
The “mono” is the essence of Mr. Lepper’s scheme; the bimetallic part of it is sophism and green cheese.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
The exposure of this sophism is an example also of the value of a technical term.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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Frankenstein
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The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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