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

Hans did not laugh in his turn, but facing round simply said— “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

This poor sophism has been adopted by Mr. Locke, and seriously employed to prove that human volitions “cannot be free.”

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

A sophism of the political economists assures us that national wellbeing increases proportionally with the increase in the consumption of commodities.

From The Forerunners by Rolland, Romain