Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: sophism  só-fi-zum
  1. A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
    - sophistry, sophistication

Derived forms: sophisms

See also: sophist, sophistic

Type of: fallacy, false belief

Encyclopedia: Sophism

Nearest

soothsaying
sootiness
sooty
sooty-black
SOP
sop
sop up
soph
Sophia Loren
Sophie Tucker
sophism
sophist
Sophist
sophistic
sophistical
sophisticate
sophisticated
sophistication
sophistry
Sophocles
sophomore