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

Derived forms: sophistries

Type of: fallacy, false belief

Encyclopedia: Sophistry

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