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sophism

[sof-iz-uhm] / ˈsɒf ɪz əm /


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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

The idea of various kinds of legato is purely a sophism, a product of non-musical hyper-analysis.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

There is nothing—no fallacy, no moral sophism, that would not be used to attain such an end.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

The second age of Greek philosophy ended in sophism, the third in scepticism.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William




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