sophism
Example Sentences
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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
I will not say, with certain theologians, "There are false prophets, therefore there are true ones," for that is a sophism of the worst kind.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
My question is avoided, and a new sophism given me which is also untrue.
From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)
It is this, that every truth is overshadowed by a sophism, more like the truth than truth itself.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
Vocabulary lists containing sophism
Frankenstein
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The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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