Synonyms for sophism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sof-iz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒf ɪz əm |
Définition of sophism
Origin :- early 15c., earlier sophime (mid-14c.), "specious but fallacious argument devised for purposes of deceit or to exercise one's ingenuity," from Old French sophime "a fallacy, false argument" (Modern French sophisme), from Latin sophisma, from Greek sophisma "clever device, skillful act, stage-trick," from stem of sophizesthai "become wise" (see sophist).
- noun fallacy
- Seeing me foiled, Charley advanced with the doubtful aid of a sophism to help me.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Marriage at eleven could by no stretch of sophism be called a voluntary act.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- It is the genius of Sophism which paralyzes this resistance.
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
- Buridan was exempted, and, in gratitude, invented the sophism.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
- To expose fully all that is false in this sophism would be an endless work.
- Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
- Let us conclude this monography of sophism with a final and important observation.
- Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
- In the first place, the word universal conceals a gross sophism.
- Extract from : « The Law » by Frdric Bastiat
- But the argument is a sophism, in a yet more audacious and insulting sense.
- Extract from : « A Defence of Virginia » by Robert L. Dabney
- Let them cease, then, for shame's sake, to urge this sophism.
- Extract from : « A Defence of Virginia » by Robert L. Dabney
- Your idea about Wilhelm Meister is rather pretty, but, after all, it is only a sophism.
- Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime
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