sophistical
sophistical adjective: pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
Adjective
sophistical (comparative more sophistical, superlative most sophistical)
- Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
- Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.
- This is, we believe, a fair summary of Mr. Lamb's doctrine. We are sure that we do not wish to represent him unfairly. […] But we must plainly say that his argument, though ingenious, is altogether sophistical.1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration
- Assuming other people to be as sophistical as ourselves, and as intent as we upon winning the argument, they are likely to be no more honest than we.2011, Theodore Dalrymple, Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
sophistical meaning in Tamil
sophistical in Tamil
- போலி நியாயமான
Synonyms of sophistical
Forms of sophistical
| comparative | more sophistical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sophistical |
Origin of sophistical
From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis, equivalent to sophist + -ical.
Words formed from sophistical
Questions about sophistical
- What does sophistical mean?
- Sophistical means pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
- What is sophistical in Tamil?
- Sophistical in Tamil is போலி நியாயமான. See Sophistical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sophistical?
- Sophistical is an adjective.
Words near sophistical in the dictionary
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