| NOUN | cognition | sophism, sophistry, sophistication | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |
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| Meaning | A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. | |
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| Synonyms | sophistry, sophistication | |
| Broader | fallacy, false belief | A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
| Spanish | argucia, sofisma, sofismo, sofista, sofistería | |
| Catalan | sofisma, sofista, sofística | |
| Adjectives | sophistic | plausible but misleading |
| Nouns | sophist | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious |
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