sophistry

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Recent Examples on the Web Many of Khan’s progressive allies have floated a much more realistic cure for Khan’s abysmal litigation track record: to rewrite antitrust laws in Congress, where laws are made, instead of losing case after case in court with tortured legalistic sophistry and ad hoc judicial rulemaking. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023 Dickie, a student at Trinity College, wanders into a club debate, where he’s bewitched by the quicksilver sophistry of one of his peers, Willie, who is openly gay. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2023 While much of the book is devoted to contrasting the subtle reality of judicial decision-making with the crude portrayal that increasingly dominates popular discourse, the subtleties to which Breyer draws our attention are mostly sophistry—as Breyer more or less concedes. Ryan D. Doerfler, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2021 People know just enough to engage in sophistry so as to confuse and convince the choir, and bluster among the ignorant. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2013 See all Example Sentences for sophistry 
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Noun
  • However, during a complex scene with a lot of context, complicated wording, and ambiguity about what is going on, more cognitive effort is required.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Decisive leadership helps combat ambiguity, providing a clear path forward for the rest of the organization.
    Swapna Sathyan, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Sensing deception takes human skill and incorporates unquantifiable things like the tension in the air, a knowledge of the past bluffing behavior of a particular opponent, and subtle tells (which may be subconsciously sensed more than explicitly identified).
    Jim Euchner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Whatever the truth of the tale about the décolleté dress and the husband’s deception, the pregnancy had a tragic result: though the baby was delivered safely, the Marquise, like so many women of the time, fell sick shortly afterward, and died within the week.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the pulsating world of thriller fiction, pacing is the silent conductor, orchestrating a symphony of tension and release that keeps readers perched on the edge of their seats.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
  • They were struck by how Butler’s tale seemed to surpass fiction into reality.
    Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Sophistry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophistry. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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