SOPHISTRY

Sophistry (n.): A deliberately deceptive or misleading argument.

Syn: Chicanery; Ruse; Fallacy Ant: Truth

Abigail William's fabricated tales of witchcraft and impiety were merely an obvious sophistry, but were believed no the less.

The politician had blatantly won the debate until his opponent divulged his entire argument as a complete sophistry.

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