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The art of using deceptive speech or writing

An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading

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

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

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

confidence trick

palace intrigue

misdemeanour^UK

prestidigitation

breach of trust

stab in the back

misappropriation

treacherousness

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

conspiracy theory

departure from the truth

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

disregard for the facts

deviation from the truth

cock-and-bull story

farfetched story

shaggy-dog story

lack of veracity

disingenuousness

confidence trick

double entendre

quibbling routine

unbelievable tale

false statement

remarkable story

one for the birds

pussyfooting around

beating about the bush

mistaken belief

fictitious story

exaggerated story

incredible story

sleight of hand

misinterpretation

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

specious reasoning

overgeneral reasoning

creative writing

work of fiction

work of imagination

figment of imagination

works of fiction

castle in the air

finding a way round

confidence game

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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

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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