n. [ OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie. ] 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. [ 1913 Webster ]
The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
[强词夺理 / 強詞奪理, qiǎng cí duó lǐ, ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄘˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ]loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument (成语 saw); to argue illogically; to shove false arguments down people's throats; sophistry#56100[Add to Longdo]