sophistry
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Roberts uses sophistry to avoid answering those bigger questions.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025
And if Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta try to point it out before Manchester City faces Arsenal on Sunday, it will be viewed as gamesmanship, or deflection, or unapologetic sophistry.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
"Legal sophistry" will not compel India to participate in the proceedings of the PCA, Bagchi said.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023
I still marveled at his clever use of words and imagery in an attempt to make his points, but this time his arguments sounded hollow and more like a master class in sophistry.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022
It sounded to her like sophistry, or an explanation for its own sake.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing sophistry
Ancient Philosophy
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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