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   sophistry

   /ˈsɒfɪstri/

   noun

   • 1. the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving: "trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry"
   • ▪ a fallacious argument. Similar specious reasoningthe use of fallacious argumentssophismcasuistryquibblingequivocationfallaciousnessfallacious argumentsophismfallacyquibbleparalogism

   Scrabble Points: 17

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