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sophistry

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɒfɪstrɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɑfəstri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sof′ə strē)

Inflections of 'sophistry' (n): npl: sophistries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
soph•ist•ry /ˈsɑfəstri/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ries. 
  1. Philosophy[uncountable] a clever, apparently sensible, but false method of reasoning.
  2. Philosophy[countable] a false argument;
    sophism.
See -soph-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
soph•ist•ry  (sof′ə strē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. 
  1. Philosophya subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
  2. Philosophya false argument;
    sophism.
  • Middle French, equivalent. to sophistre sophister + -ie -y3
  • Middle English sophistrie 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sophistry /ˈsɒfɪstrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
    • a method of argument that is seemingly plausible though actually invalid and misleading
    • the art of using such arguments
  2. subtle but unsound or fallacious reasoning
  3. an instance of this; sophism
'sophistry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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