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.

Synonyms & Similar 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
• pretence
• 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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