| 词汇 | sophistry |
| 释义 | sophistry noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈsɒf.ɪ.stri/ us /ˈsɑː.fɪ.stri/ the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people似是而非的推论，诡辩术 Compare sophismformal sophistication Debate & discussion agent provocateur agora argue argue against something argue for something bargainer beard controversial hash kick around no ifs or butsidiom no-platform no-platforming on the doorstep proposer uncontroversially undialectical undiscussed war of words wash (something) up You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Logic and reason Related wordsophist Examples of sophistrysophistry The mixture of sophistry and sloppy research just described pervades the entire book. I shall not repeat all the sophistry whereby these positions were strengthened. The part of logic that gives the rules of this art is named sophistry, and its name is also given by homonymy. Sophistry contends that the human excellence manifested in charismatic or traditional authority, areté, can be mastered by the people through the exercise of the tongue. I am mindful of past exercises by senior civil servants and the sophistry that they employ on behalf of their political masters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sophistry to pretend that the process of administrative decision-making is truly separable into preliminaries and the great act itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that we must pass that kind of sophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows that it is pure sophistry on his part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the kind of sophistry we have seen before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His explanations of how he behaved in that regard have been dismissed as sophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can build off these little blocks—which all start with the simple block: love your neighbour as yourself—into a great cloud of sophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Each year we have the depressing cycle of fiddling figures and engaging in accounting sophistry to try to meet the end-of-year balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A defence of them is mere economic sophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The country will never understand the sophistries they will be obliged to resort to in the future to defend their position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is no more than a bit of sophistry on their part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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