sophistry

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++soph·ist·ry /ˈsɒfəstri $ ˈsɑː-/ noun (plural sophistries) [countable, uncountable] formal  TRICK/DECEIVEthe clever use of reasons or explanations that seem correct but are really false, in order to deceive people 诡辩术

Examples from the Corpus

sophistry• But Pascal, under the influence of Jansenism, was fundamentally hostile to the Jesuits and their notorious sophistries.• It involves no recourse to sophistry, and it demystifies and strips of sensationalism the termination of the use of artificial support.Origin sophistry (1300-1400) Medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista “one who uses sophistry”, from Greek sophistes “wise man, teacher of knowledge, user of sophistry”, from sophizesthai “to become wise, deceive”, from sophos “clever, wise”

soph·ist·ry nounChineseSyllable  

reasons of or explanations the use clever Corpus

sophistry
soph‧ist‧ry /ˈsɒfəstri, ˈsɒfɪstri $ ˈsɑː-/ noun (plural sophistries) [uncountable and countable] formalthe clever use of reasons or explanations that seem correct but are really false, in order to deceive people

soph·is·tryBrE /ˈsɒfɪstri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːfɪstri/ 🔊 noun (

plural

soph·is·tries) (formal) [uncountable] the use of clever arguments to persuade people that sth is true when it is really false 诡辩术 [countable] a reason or an explanation that tries to show that sth is true when it is really false 诡辩