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   What does sophism mean?

   • SOPHISM definition: 1. an argument that seems true but is really false and is used to deceive people 2. an argument…. Learn more.

   SOPHISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   What is the meaning of a sophism in general?

   • A sophism is taken as a specious argument used for deceiving someone. There is a well known, so-called sophism, which states that Achilles could never catch up with a tortoise he was following, no matter how fast he traveled, because he would always be behind by the distance the tortoise covered during that time.

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   What does sophime mean?

   • n. 1. A plausible but fallacious argument. 2. Deceptive or fallacious argumentation. [Middle English sophime, sophisme, from Old French sophime, from Latin sophisma, from Greek, from sophizesthai, to be subtle, from sophos, clever, wise.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What is an example of a sophism?

   • When someone deliberately tries to trick you by making a false statement, that's a sophism. Inventing statistics to back up your personal belief that dogs are smarter than humans is one example of sophism. Fact-checking the statements politicians make is important, in order to uncover sophisms they might be using.

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   Where does the word sophime come from?

   • [Middle English sophime, sophisme, from Old French sophime, from Latin sophisma, from Greek, from sophizesthai, to be subtle, from sophos, clever, wise.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   Why is it important to ward off Sophisms?

   • It is therefore necessary to ward off or prevent these sophisms by a thorough discussion of principles. It often happens that evil has its origin in the sophisms of the mind, sophisms ever at the service of the passions. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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     SOPHISM meaning: 1. an argument that seems true but is...

   • Znaczenie Sophism, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     SOPHISM definicja: 1. an argument that seems true but is...

   • Sophism in Simplified Chinese

     SOPHISM translate: 似是而非的论点，诡辩. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Sophism in Traditional Chinese

     SOPHISM translate: 似是而非的論點，詭辯. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미

     sophism 의미, 정의, sophism의 정의: 1. an argument that seems true...

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   The meaning of SOPHISM is an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially : such an argument used to deceive.

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   Sophism definition: a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone.. See examples of SOPHISM used in a sentence.

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   When someone deliberately tries to trick you by making a false statement, that's a sophism. Inventing statistics to back up your personal belief that dogs are smarter than humans is one example of sophism.

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   1. a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone. 2. any false argument; fallacy. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.

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   n. 1. A plausible but fallacious argument. 2. Deceptive or fallacious argumentation. [Middle English sophime, sophisme, from Old French sophime, from Latin sophisma, from Greek, from sophizesthai, to be subtle, from sophos, clever, wise.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton ...