sophistry

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Your sophistry is a cliche 'a house divided cannot stand 'there is no end to your foolishness.

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  1. noun Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
  2. noun A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument.

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  • Your sophistry is a cliche 'a house divided cannot stand 'there is no end to your foolishness. —  Home
  • Left out of this sophistry are all the actions that Washington has taken in line with Israeli desires, such as overthrowing Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq, turning a blind eye to Israel's use of high-tech U.S. weapons against Palestinian and Lebanese targets, and fending off international condemnation for such acts as the recent war on Gaza.
  • Hence sophistry, economical sophistry, political sophistry, and financial sophistry--and, since force is held in check, sophistry is not only an evil, it is the parent of other evils. —  What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
  • But since it appears, that even this sophistry has been able, with the help of a strong desire to repose in quiet upon the understanding of another, to mislead honest intentions, and an understanding not contemptible, it may not be superfluous to remark, that those things which are common among friends are only such as either possesses in his own right, and can alienate or destroy without injury to any other person. —  The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant
  • With other thought, mark also the Abbe Maury: his broad bold face; mouth accurately primmed; full eyes, that ray out intelligence, falsehood,--the sort of sophistry which is astonished you should find it sophistical. —  The French Revolution
 

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  1. from Middle English sophistrye, sophistrie, sofystry (= German sophisterei = Swedish Danish sofisteri), from OF, sophisterie = Spanish Italian sofisteria = Portuguese sophisteria (from Middle Latin sophistria); as sophist + -ry.
 

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/ˈsɑfɪstri/
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