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Word | Sophistry |
kannada Meaning | ಮಿಥ್ಯಾತರ್ಕವನ್ನು, ಕುತರ್ಕ |
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone / The art or process of reasoning / seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning / the use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. / the use of reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false / a reason or argument that sounds correct but is actually false, | |
Usage | ⇒ People use sophistry to obscure the truth ⇒ Instead of advancing valid arguments, he tried to overwhelm his audience with a flood of sophistries. ⇒ But Keynes smoothed over the harsh Marxist anti-individualism with artful sophistry and clever rhetoric into something salable to Americans. |
Synonyms | equivocation, fallacy, chicanery, sophism, casuistry, deception, sophistication, delusion, evasion, misconception, perversion, artfulness, astuteness, canniness, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, quibble, shrewdness, slyness, |
Antonyms | creativity, artlessness, cleverness, conceit, concept, conception, contrivance, creation, creativeness, crudeness, design, device, fabrication, fantasy, invention, inventiveness, naivety, originality, resourcefulness, vision, |
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