fallacious+argument
41Sophister — Soph ist*er, v. t. To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument. [Obs.] obham. [1913 Webster] …
42paralogism — noun Etymology: Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Greek paralogismos, from paralogos unreasonable, from para + logos speech, reason more at legend Date: 1565 a fallacious argument …
43sophistication — /seuh fis ti kay sheuhn/, n. 1. sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy. 2. change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting… …
44ignotum per ignotius — noun a) An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure. b) A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown. See Also …
45argumentum ad populum — noun A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that If many believe so, it is so …
46paralogism — noun /pəˈɹalədʒɪzəm/ A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical. Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to …
47sophism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fallacy, sophistry, fallacious argument, absurdity; see deception 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Plausible but invalid reasoning: casuistry, fallacy, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness. See CORRECT, TRUE …
48sophism — [ sɒfɪz(ə)m] noun a fallacious argument, especially one used to deceive. Origin ME: from OFr. sophime, via L. from Gk sophisma clever device , from sophizesthai (see sophist) …
49sophistication — n. 1. Adulteration, corruption, vitiation. 2. Quibbling. 3. Quibble, fallacious argument, sophism …
50sophistry — noun 1) to claim this is pure sophistry Syn: specious reasoning, fallacy, sophism, casuistry 2) a speech full of sophistries Syn: fallacious argument, sophism, fallacy; Logic paralogism …
