sophistical

sophistical
Synonyms and related words:
Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, apparently sound, arch, artful, astute, cagey, canny, casuistic, clever, colorable, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deceptive, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, dishonest, disingenuous, empty, fallacious, feline, foxy, guileful, hollow, illusive, ingenious, insidious, insincere, inventive, jesuitic, knowing, mealymouthed, overrefined, oversubtle, pawky, philosophicojuristic, philosophicoreligious, philosophistic, plausible, politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistic, specious, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tongue in cheek, trickish, tricksy, tricky, uncandid, unfrank, unserious, vulpine, wary, wily

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • sophistical — [sə fis′ti kəl] adj. 〚ML sophisticalis < L sophisticus < Gr sophistikos < sophistēs, wise man, sophist〛 1. of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry 2. clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead [a sophistical argument] …   Universalium

  • sophistical — [sə fis′ti kəl] adj. [ML sophisticalis < L sophisticus < Gr sophistikos < sophistēs, wise man, sophist] 1. of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry 2. clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead [a sophistical argument] …   English World dictionary

  • sophistical — index deceptive, fallacious, ill founded, illogical, illusory, incorrect, sophistic, specious, subtle …   Law dictionary

  • sophistical — fallacious, casuistical (see under FALLACY) Antonyms: valid Contrasted words: cogent, sound, convincing, compelling, telling (see VALID) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Sophistical — Sophistic So*phis tic, Sophistical So*phis tic*al, a. [L. sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.] Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound. [1913 Webster] His argument . . . is altogether sophistical.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sophistical — sophist ► NOUN ▪ a person who uses clever but false arguments. DERIVATIVES sophistic adjective sophistical adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • sophistical excuse — index evasion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Sophistical Refutations — Part of a series on Aristotelianism …   Wikipedia

  • sophistical — adjective see sophistic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sophistical — adjective a) Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. b) Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally. Syn: sophistic …   Wiktionary

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