Sophistical
[sә'fistikәl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fallacious, illogical.
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Examples
- If I lived with you as you desire, I should then be your mistress: to say otherwise is sophistical--is false. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Those arguments were partly solid and partly sophistical. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus the sophistical fabric has been demolished, chiefly by appealing to the analogy of the arts. Plato. The Republic.
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