- 1[uncountable] the use of intelligent arguments to persuade people that something is true when it is really false Convincing myself that I had gained in some way from my loss was just pure sophistry.
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- 2[countable] a reason or an explanation that tries to show that something is true when it is really false He was hostile to their hypocritical sophistries.
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