fallacious+argument
31sophistry — [ sɒfɪstri] noun (plural sophistries) the use of fallacious arguments, especially to deceive someone. ↘a fallacious argument …
32straw man — n: an intermediary for a transaction (as a conveyance of real property) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. straw man n …
33fallacy — I noun captio, deception, deceptive belief, delusion, deviation from truth, distortion, erroneous reasoning, erroneousness, error, fallacious argument, false appearance, falseness, falsity, faultiness, faulty reasoning, flaw in reasoning,… …
34sophism — /ˈsɒfɪzəm / (say sofizuhm) noun 1. a specious but fallacious argument, used to display ingenuity in reasoning or to deceive someone. 2. any false argument; a fallacy. {Latin sophisma, from Greek: clever device, argument; replacing Middle English… …
35Elench — E*lench ([ e]*l[e^][ng]k ), n.; pl. {Elenchs}. [L. elenchus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a… …
36Elenchs — Elench E*lench ([ e]*l[e^][ng]k ), n.; pl. {Elenchs}. [L. elenchus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an… …
37Moving the goalpost — Moving the goalpost, also known as raising the bar or the moving goalpost, is an informal logically fallacious argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded.… …
38Moving the goalposts — (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor meaning changing the target of a process or competition by one side in order to gain advantage.[1] Contents 1 Etymology 2 As abuse 3 As logical fallacy …
39sophism — mid 14c., specious but fallacious argument, from O.Fr. sophime a fallacy, false argument, from L. sophisma, from Gk. sophisma sophism, clever device, from sophizesthai become wise (see SOPHIST (Cf. sophist)) …
40sophism — n. Fallacy, paralogism, paralogy, quibble, fallacious argument, specious argument …
