What is another word for sophism?
178 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ sˈɒfɪzəm], [ sˈɒfɪzəm], [ s_ˈɒ_f_ɪ_z_ə_m]Table of Contents
Similar words for sophism:Synonyms for Sophism:
n.
•casuistry (noun)- over subtlenesses,
- deceptivenesses,
- over-subtlenesses,
- over-subtleness,
- oversubtlenesses,
- over subtleness.
- boondoggle,
- fast one,
- double-dealing,
- cozenage,
- dupery,
- dissimulation,
- hypocrisy,
- Double dealing,
- cunnings,
- beguilements,
- disinformation,
- hokum,
- fraudulence,
- Defraudation,
- beguilement,
- boondoggles.
- evadings,
- obliquenesses,
- pre texts,
- shirkings,
- fancy footworks,
- shunnings,
- dodgings,
- eschewals,
- cop outs,
- pre text,
- pre-texts,
- co-pout,
- copouts,
- pre-text,
- co-pouts,
- equivocatings,
- fudgings,
- co pout,
- fugivitenesses,
- co pouts,
- fugivities.
- jive,
- invalidities,
- invalidity,
- non sequitur,
- fugiviteness,
- casuistry,
- cop-outs,
- misconstrual,
- cop-out,
- eschewal,
- false belief,
- evasion,
- jives,
- deception,
- oversubtleness,
- shufflings,
- fancy footwork,
- fugivity,
- elusions,
- copout,
- elusion,
- inexactness,
- fallacy,
- runaround,
- faultiness,
- obliqueness,
- spuriousness,
- deceptiveness,
- speciousness.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)- lie.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):- equivocation,
- empty words,
- chicane,
- sophisms,
- deceitfulness,
- subtlety,
- muddle,
- perversion,
- mistake,
- distortion,
- unsoundness,
- inconsistency,
- bull,
- anticlimax,
- argument by analogy,
- Hysteron Proteron,
- error,
- edification,
- moonshine,
- caption,
- apparent soundness,
- obfuscation,
- illogicality,
- jesuitism,
- argumentum ad captandum,
- solecism,
- vicious circle,
- logical fallacy,
- sophisticate,
- misapplication,
- obscurantism,
- Petitio Principii,
- refutation,
- Quillet,
- argument,
- Slipslop,
- rationalization,
- circular argument,
- delusion,
- legerdemain,
- quibbling,
- fallaciousness,
- special pleading,
- shift,
- Atomism,
- chicanery,
- plausibility,
- cultivation,
- circularity,
- cavil,
- Philosophism,
- irrationality,
- Elench,
- mere words,
- quodlibet,
- bathos,
- quibble,
- insincerity,
- nicety,
- sophistries,
- begging the question,
- quirk,
- plausibleness,
- mystification,
- play on words,
- philosophy,
- Speciosity,
- formal fallacy,
- mockery,
- miscalculation,
- argumentum ad hominem,
- worldliness,
- Antilogy,
- prevarication,
- paralogism,
- subterfuge,
- jesuitry,
- quiddity,
- claptrap,
- weak point,
- misjudgement,
- caviling,
- bad case,
- Elenchus,
- illusion,
- disingenuousness,
- cant,
- refinement,
- equivocalness,
- blunder,
- argumentum ad baculum.
Homophones for Sophism:
- subjoin, sphagnum, subocean, Sufism, spaceman, subsume, spoken, suspicion, suffusion, spokeswoman, sivaism, sapphism, spasm, soupcon, scyphozoan, spokane, shivaism, specimen, spokesman, sheepskin.
Hyponym for Sophism:
n.
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cognition
false belief, fallacy.
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cognition