adj.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of sophists.
- Apparently sound but really fallacious; specious: sophistic refutations.
sophistic
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so·phis·tic (sə-fĭs'tĭk)  or so·phis·ti·cal
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adjective
- Containing fundamental errors in reasoning: fallacious, false, illogical, invalid, specious, spurious, unsound. See correct/incorrect, true/false.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
plausible but misleading
Synonym: sophistical
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