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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

This poor sophism has been adopted by Mr. Locke, and seriously employed to prove that human volitions “cannot be free.”

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

Timar forgot the sophism that he offered Timéa something besides the treasures which were hers—himself—and in exchange demanded the girl's heart, and that this was a deception, and like taking her by force.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór

Reflection is the theatre of the combats which reason engages in with itself, with doubt, sophism, and error.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor




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