Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Sophistry (sophistries)
sophistry (sophistries), n. [OFr < L. sophista < Gk. 'to become wise or learned'.]
- Deception; fallacy; illusion; false, but convincing argument.
- [Fig.] spider webs; intricate and transparently deceptive means of entrapping prey; deceptively stable foundation.
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