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sophistical

adj

Etymology

From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis, equivalent to sophist + -ical.

  1. derived from sophisticālis
  2. inherited from sophistical

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.

  2. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.

    • This is, we believe, a fair summary of Mr. Lamb's doctrine. We are sure that we do not wish to represent him unfairly. […] But we must plainly say that his argument, though ingenious, is altogether sophistical.
    • Assuming other people to be as sophistical as ourselves, and as intent as we upon winning the argument, they are likely to be no more honest than we.

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Derived

sophistically, sophisticalness, unsophistical

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA