Synonyms for sophism
Most common
fallacy sophistry quibbling paralogism sophistication quibble sophistic
Definitions
- n. 1
A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
Related words
- Word family
- sophist sophistic sophisticate sophisticated sophistry
Forms
- Plural
- sophisms → sophistries, fallacies, paralogisms, quibblings…
Example sentences
- fallacy That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy.
- sophistication The black tie event had an air of sophistication.
- quibble This is no time to quibble over terminology.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sophism | steady | |
| fallacy | steady | |
| sophistry | steady | |
| quibbling | falling | |
| paralogism | rising | |
| sophistication | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- pilpul
- 7 letters
- fallacy3, quibble2
- 9 letters
- sophistry3, quibbling3, sophistic, pilpulism
- 10 letters
- paralogism
- 14 letters
- sophistication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fallacy3 = 3 syllables).