Usually means: Deceptive argumentation aiming to mislead.
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  1. sophism: Merriam-Webster
  2. sophism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sophism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sophism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sophism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sophism, sophism: Wordnik
  7. sophism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. sophism: Wiktionary
  9. sophism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sophism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sophism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sophism: Dictionary.com
  13. sophism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sophism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sophism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sophism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sophism: Rhymezone
  18. Sophism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. sophism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. sophism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. sophism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. sophism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sophism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sophism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. sophism: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

(Note: See sophisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sophism)

noun:  (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
noun:  (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
noun:  (countable) An intentional fallacy.
noun:  (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
noun:  Archaic spelling of Sufism. [A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.]

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