sophistry

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/
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• US: /ˈsɑ.fɪ.stɹi/
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From Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye, sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie, sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria, Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise man”), from σοφίζω (sophízō, “to be wise”), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”), equivalent to sophist + -ry.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: sofistería — actions of a sophist
• Swedish: sofisteri — actions of a sophist
• Bulgarian: софистика (sofistika) — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• German: Wortklauberei — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Polish: sofistyka — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Spanish: sofistería — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Swedish: sofisteri — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Swedish: spetsfundighet — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Swedish: hårklyveri — plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
• Chinese Mandarin: 詭辯 /诡辩 (guǐbiàn) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• German: Haarspalterei — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Greek: σοφιστεία (sofisteía) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Greek: σόφισμα (sófisma) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Hindi: हथकंडा (hathkaṇḍā) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Hindi: जाल (jāl) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Japanese: 詭弁 (kiben) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Latin: argūtia — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Polish: sofistyka — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Portuguese: sofisma — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Russian: софи́стика (sofístika) — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Spanish: argucia — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Swedish: sofisteri — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Swedish: spetsfundighet — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading
• Swedish: hårklyveri — an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading