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The art of using deceptive speech or writing

An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading

The property of being spurious

Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge

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

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

fallacious argument

subtle argument

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

Noun

The property of being spurious

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken impression

mistaken belief

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

fallacious argument

unconvincingness

questionability

unjustifiability

inconceivability

unsatisfactoriness

inconceivableness

insubstantiality

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Noun

Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

double-crossing

surreptitiousness

misleading talk

monkey business

smoke and mirrors

every trick in the book

specious reasoning

artful argument

sleight of hand

bait and switch

untrustworthiness

ambidextrousness

misbehaviour^UK

misrepresentation

palace intrigue

stab in the back

treacherousness

breach of trust

prestidigitation

misappropriation

toing and froing

comings and goings

hustle and bustle

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

flight of fancy

little white lie

departure from the truth

conspiracy theory

cock and bull story

figment of the imagination

terminological inexactitude

prepared speech

economy with the truth

not a true picture

media manipulation

inaccurate news

propagandizing^US

propagandising^UK

disinformation campaign

cock-and-bull story

farfetched story

shaggy-dog story

disingenuousness

double entendre

quibbling routine

unbelievable tale

false statement

remarkable story

one for the birds

figment of one's imagination

pussyfooting around

beating about the bush

mistaken belief

incredible story

exaggerated story

fictitious story

misinterpretation

creative writing

work of fiction

figment of imagination

works of fiction

work of imagination

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

thoughtlessness

incoherent talk

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

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Noun

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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