sophism

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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

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

The New York Daily Times, Washington letter, dated June 9: Douglas was much disconcerted to-day by Senator Trumbull's keen exposure of his Nebraska sophism.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

The vagaries of sophism in the English-speaking world were hardly less prolific than in Continental Europe.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)