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
Hans did not laugh in his turn, but facing round simply said— “Every truth is overshadowed by a sophism more like the truth than truth itself!”
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
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 Thomas K. Holmes
His was the famous sophism known as the Κυριεύων.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing sophism
Frankenstein
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The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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