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Sophism

The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.

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Fallacy 76% connected

Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

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Sophist 74% connected

One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausib…

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Sophist 74% connected

One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausib…

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Sophistic 74% connected

Alt. of Sophistical

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Sophistic 74% connected

Alt. of Sophistical

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Sophistication 92% connected

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

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Sophistry 92% connected

The art or process of reasoning; logic.

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Contradiction noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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False belief noun · 86% connection

a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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Paralogism noun · 86% connection

an unintentionally invalid argument

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Rigor noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Rigour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Validity noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Argument noun · 85% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Argumentation noun · 85% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Assumption noun · 85% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Conclusion noun · 85% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Debate noun · 85% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Deduction noun · 85% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 85% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Evidence noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Grounds noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Implication noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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A posteriori unknown · 78% connection

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

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Apriorism noun · 78% connection

belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to…

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Convince verb · 78% connection

To confute; to prove the fallacy of.

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Dialectics noun · 78% connection

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doctrine, mode, reasoning, practiced, sophist.
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Disabuse verb · 78% connection

To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

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Discourse noun · 78% connection

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exe…

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Discoursive adjective · 78% connection

Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.

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Discursive adjective · 78% connection

Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.

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Fallacies pl. · 78% connection

of Fallacy

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Fallacious adjective · 78% connection

Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning.

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false je…

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Fashion noun · 78% connection

The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…

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form noun · 78% connection

Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the eleme…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doctrine, mode, reasoning, practiced, sophist.
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Gallicism noun · 78% connection

A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.

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