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
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
It may be a sophism by which you are trying to lull your conscience, but it is my duty to rouse you.
From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil
The Dialecticians found in their system the widest range for feminine cleverness of speech, and defended hetairism with the greatest subtlety and the most ingenious sophism.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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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