Synonyms of sophistry

sophistry

noun

as in ambiguity

reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false

She said that many of the points made during the debate were pure sophistry.

Related Words

• ambiguity
• deception
• ambiguousness
• deceptiveness
• fiction
• incorrectness
• equivocation
• circumlocution
• superstition
• delusion
• tergiversation
• sophism
• nebulousness
• quibbling
• opacity
• murkiness
• dishonesty
• mendacity
• lie
• obscurity
• error
• speciousness
• untruthfulness
• mendaciousness
• shuffle
• obscureness
• equivocalness
• spuriousness
• misunderstanding
• inaccuracy
• distortion
• misrepresentation
• factoid
• pretense
• misinterpretation
• misinformation
• illusion
• misapprehension
• fallacy
• miscomprehension
• misstatement
• half-truth
• misperception
• myth
• misjudgment
• untruth
• falsehood
• misconception
• fib
• falsity
• misbelief
• misreport
• hallucination
• tale
• story
• misknowledge
• old wives' tale

Dissimilar Words

• truth
• accuracy
• correctness
• verity
• actuality
• credibility
• genuineness
• honesty
• truthfulness
• veracity
• factuality
• frankness
• factualness
• trustworthiness
• directness
• candor
• openness
• plainness
• forthrightness
• straightforwardness
• plumpness
• openheartedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sophistry

Fascism creates a world of artifice and sophistry. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

All of whom flock to Monsignor Wicks, drawn by his sophistry and fearsome bully-pulpit magnetism. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025

Most contemporary observers would have regarded this as misguided sophistry. — Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025

And if Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta try to point it out before Manchester City faces Arsenal on Sunday, it will be viewed as gamesmanship, or deflection, or unapologetic sophistry. — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024

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