sophistry

What does sophistry mean?

sophistry means "a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone".

How many syllables are in sophistry?

sophistry has 3 syllables: so-phi-stry. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsɔfɪˌstɹi/.

What is another word for sophistry?

Close synonyms include sophism, sophistication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sophistry a common word?

sophistry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sophistry come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.