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What is another word for sophistry?

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Noun
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The art of using deceptive speech or writing
casuistry
sophism
fallaciousness
fallacy
equivocation
dishonesty
fraudulence
paralogy
trickery
specious reasoning
use of fallacious arguments
speciousness
deceptiveness
sophisticalness
misleadingness
chicanery
oversubtleness
subtlety
delusion
fudging
lie
deception
excuse
spuriousness
casuistics
quibbling
evasion
rationalisationUK
legalism
trick
justification
rationalizationUS
unsound reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
twisting the facts
“What will not work is to try to resolve the matter by using weasel words and sophistry to escape from a moral obligation.”
Noun
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An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
fallacy
paralogism
quibble
sophism
deception
fallacious argument
subtle argument
speciousness
falsehood
error
delusion
untruth
erroneousness
equivocation
mistake
misapprehension
deceptiveness
misinterpretation
evasion
miscalculation
quibbling
casuistry
inexactness
deceit
misconstrual
faultiness
heresy
inconsistency
flaw
invalidity
more ❯
“This is nothing but a sophistry to beautify and embellish what is, essentially, a vile ideology.”
Noun
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Deception by use of trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
deception
deceit
dishonesty
guile
craftiness
fraud
duplicity
cheating
deviousness
crookedness
slyness
deceitfulness
fraudulence
subterfuge
artfulness
chicane
skulduggery
trickery
underhandedness
artifice
legerdemain
flimflam
wile
unscrupulousness
shenanigans
knavery
ruse
jugglery
intrigue
monkeyshines
gamesmanship
skullduggery
wiles
fourberie
codology
dodge
swindling
management
ploy
stratagem
machination
duping
hoodwinking
maneuverUS
manoeuvreUK
gambit
plot
feint
stratagems
surreptitiousness
furtiveness
double-dealing
hanky-panky
jiggery-pokery
funny business
sharp practice
monkey business
double-crossing
wire-pulling
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Noun
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Excessive concern with minor details and rules
pedantry
quibbling
carping
fastidiousness
punctiliousness
meticulousness
hairsplitting
perfectionism
captiousness
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
nitpicking
finickiness
overscrupulousness
pettifoggery
purism
scrupulousness
pettifogging
casuistry
formalism
literalism
pedagogery
thoroughness
hair-splitting
fault-finding
bickering
faultfinding
pettiness
grumbling
fussiness
nagging
criticism
conscientiousness
pickiness
rigorousness
whingeing
niggling
moaning
complaining
whining
griping
grousing
bellyaching
bleating
nit-picking
Noun
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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
equivocation
dissimulation
deception
duplicity
fallacy
misrepresentation
spuriousness
amphibology
amphiboly
deceit
deceptiveness
distortion
doublespeak
fibbing
speciousness
circumlocution
delusion
fib
indirectness
lie
lying
stonewall
waffle
casuistry
colouringUK
coloringUS
con
cover
flannel
line
paltering
stall
waffling
beating about the bush
cover-up
double entendre
double meaning
double talk
pussyfooting around
run-around
song and dance
weasel words
cop out
quibbling routine
prevarication
evasion
hedge
shuffling
spin
tergiversation
weasel word
hedging
fudge
cop-out
Noun
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Information that is incorrect or untrue
misinformation
lie
fabrication
fib
deception
falsity
falsification
prevarication
dishonesty
disinformation
calumny
inaccuracy
spin
chicanery
distortion
gossip
misrepresentation
misstatement
propaganda
kidology
misreport
obfuscation
half-truth
trumped-up story
false information
false rumour
red herring
alternative fact
bending of the truth
false trail
bum steer
misleading information
fake news
more ❯
Noun
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The act or process of obfuscating for deceptive purposes
obfuscation
deception
evasiveness
mystification
confusion
equivocation
muddying
prevarication
sophism
clouding
fudging
obliqueness
waffle
smoke screen
deceit
dishonesty
duplicity
fraud
deceitfulness
guile
dissimulation
craftiness
cunning
artifice
dissembling
cheating
craft
trickery
wiliness
crookedness
more ❯
Noun
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A belief that wishes become reality
wishful thinking
fantasy
delusion
idealism
self-delusion
cloud-cuckoo-land
self-deception
mistaken belief
fancy
daydream
dream
pipe dream
castle in the air
unreality
pie in the sky
fool's paradise
castle in Spain
illusion
chimeraUS
figment
vision
hallucination
conceit
phantasm
fantasm
nonentity
chimaeraUK
castle in the sky
flight of fancy
phantasy
more ❯
Noun
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Talk intended to confuse
double talk
drivel
gibberish
nonsense
babble
twaddle
rubbish
hogwash
garbage
malarkey
jargon
trash
deceit
doublespeak
double Dutch
smoke and mirrors
jibber-jabber
gabble
prattle
jabber
blabber
double-talk
slobber
gibber
burble
abracadabra
jabberwocky
mumbo jumbo
murmur
chatter
more ❯
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