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or sophistical
as in specious
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Recent Examples of sophistic
The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized.
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Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophistic
Adjective
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But the finer points of theories that Joey is anti-TDE grow specious, rooted in the same confirmation bias that populates the loftier reviewed Genius annotations.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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An odd digression into the origins of Mormonism recalls the specious race-and-crime history in Killers of the Flower Moon, which gave us DeNiro’s most repulsive characterization to date, a portrait as revealing as Dorian Gray’s.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The characters are believably upset and irrational for much of the play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For example, NFTs experienced what might be on the most rapid rises in value followed by a devastating cycle of value destruction, complete with instances of fraud, illogical business models, and speculation.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Felonious Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has launched another appeal of her conviction and sentence, claiming that a three-judge panel that shot down her first appeal in February was confused on one point, illogical on another, and made factual mistakes in hearing her case.—
Mercury News,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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However, not all slippery slope arguments are fallacious.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Courts will not second-guess the safety measures employers adopt, even when those measures infringe on an employee’s privacy, unless the measures are unreasonable under the circumstances.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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Companies need to assess their higher costs, and then negotiate with the state regulators who try to protect ratepayers from unreasonable hikes.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In 2023, technology activist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow described how internet platforms that start out serving their users eventually decay through a series of self-interested and misguided choices, negatively affecting the quality of experience for everyone who uses the platform.—
Christine Rosen,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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There is some hope, albeit misguided, that smartphone production can happen in the US.—
Adam Clark Estes,
Vox,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Sophistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sophistic. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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