Usually means: Fallacious arguments that seem plausible.
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  1. sophisms: Merriam-Webster
  2. sophisms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sophisms: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sophisms, sophisms: Wordnik
  5. sophisms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sophisms: Wiktionary
  7. sophisms: Dictionary.com
  8. Sophisms (Aristotle), Sophisms: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Sophisms: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sophisms: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sophism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sophism)

noun:  (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
noun:  (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
noun:  (countable) An intentional fallacy.
noun:  (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
noun:  Archaic spelling of Sufism. [A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.]
▸ Also see sophism


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