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The art of using deceptive speech or writing

An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading

The use of crafty and underhanded means to achieve one's aims

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

The quality or state of being sophistical

Information that is incorrect or untrue

The act or process of obfuscating for deceptive purposes

Talk intended to confuse

A belief that wishes become reality

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Noun

The art of using deceptive speech or writing

“What will not work is to try to resolve the matter by using weasel words and sophistry to escape from a moral obligation.”

Noun

An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading

“This is nothing but a sophistry to beautify and embellish what is, essentially, a vile ideology.”

Noun

The use of crafty and underhanded means to achieve one's aims

monkey business

every trick in the book

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

misleading talk

specious reasoning

artful argument

bait and switch

sleight of hand

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

smoke and mirrors

ambidextrousness

misbehaviour^UK

untrustworthiness

palace intrigue

misrepresentation

misdemeanour^UK

prestidigitation

misappropriation

treacherousness

confidence trick

mischievousness

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Noun

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

Noun

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

Noun

The quality or state of being sophistical

sophisticalness

Noun

Information that is incorrect or untrue

misrepresentation

trumped-up story

false information

alternative fact

bending of the truth

misleading information

piece of fiction

departure from the truth

terminological inexactitude

conspiracy theory

flight of fancy

figment of the imagination

little white lie

cock and bull story

cock-and-bull story

prepared speech

disregard for the facts

deviation from the truth

not a true picture

media manipulation

inaccurate news

propagandizing^US

propagandising^UK

disinformation campaign

economy with the truth

farfetched story

shaggy-dog story

lack of veracity

figment of imagination

false statement

double entendre

quibbling routine

unbelievable tale

remarkable story

one for the birds

pussyfooting around

beating about the bush

mistaken belief

incredible story

exaggerated story

fictitious story

misinterpretation

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

specious reasoning

overgeneral reasoning

castle in the air

finding a way round

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Noun

The act or process of obfuscating for deceptive purposes

finding a way round

underhandedness

monkey business

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Noun

Talk intended to confuse

smoke and mirrors

stuff and nonsense

unintelligible language

obscure language

unintelligible talk

incoherent talk

thoughtlessness

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

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Noun

A belief that wishes become reality

wishful thinking

cloud-cuckoo-land

mistaken belief

castle in Spain

castle in the air

fool's paradise

castle in the sky

flight of fancy

eggs in moonshine

flight of imagination

unrealistic hope

unrealizable dream

figment of the imagination

fantastic notion

castle in the skies

unrealistic goal

product of someone's imagination

power of invention

cloud cuckoo land

fanciful notion

irrational expectation

unreasonable expectation

foolish expectation

unrealistic expectation

misapprehension

false impression

mistaken impression

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

misconstruction

optical illusion

castles in the air

castles in Spain

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