sophistry Synonyms

sophistication sophism twisting the facts tergiversation subtlety subtleness subterfuge slyness quibbling quibble philosophism pettifoggery perversion perfectionism pedantry trickery trickiness shrewdness unsound reasoning specious reasoning oversubtleness overgeneral reasoning fallacious argument spuriousness sophisticalness sharp practice meticulousness speciousness logical fallacy sleight of hand deductive reasoning paralogy paralogism ontology deceptiveness deception deceit cunningness cunning craftiness chicanery chicane cheating casuistry captiousness callidity artifice artfulness delusion duplicity