sophism

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Noun
  • The 2022 vaccine mandate decision, another 6-3 masterpiece, turned on sophistry that workplace rules only covered hazards found solely in the workplace (but somehow excluding, say, forced air-breathing with infected employees), and ignored the deeper reality that vaccines save lives.
    The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024
  • Today, no amount of sophistry can sustain that claim.
    Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Sophism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophism. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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