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
—The learned suspected Scroderus of an indecent sophism in this—and Prignitz cried out aloud in the dispute, that Scroderus had shifted the idea upon him——but Scroderus went on, maintaining his thesis.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence
Nothing can be proved in this way, except what is assumed or taken for granted; and the foreknowledge of God is only a plausible way of begging the question, or concealing a sophism.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
The exposure of this sophism is an example also of the value of a technical term.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Vocabulary lists containing sophism
Frankenstein
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The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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