Usually means: Deceptive reasoning; subtly misleading arguments.
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(Note: See sophistry as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sophistry)

noun:  (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
noun:  (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning.
noun:  (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.
▸ Also see sophistry


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