- [uncountable]
the use of clever arguments to persuade people that something is true when it is really false 诡辩术 Convincing myself that I had gained in some way from my loss was just pure sophistry. 说服自己在某种程度上从损失中获益，这纯粹是诡辩。
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a reason or an explanation that tries to show that something is true when it is really false 诡辩 He was hostile to their hypocritical sophistries. 他对他们虚伪的诡辩充满敌意。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sophistrie or medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista from Greek sophistēs, from sophizesthai ‘devise, become wise’, from sophos ‘wise’.