sophistical
Adjective
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Adjective
sophistical
- Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
- Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.
- 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration
- 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.
- 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration
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