sophistical

• Adjectif désignant un raisonnement ou un argument qui est spécieux, habile mais trompeur ou fallacieux, destiné à induire en erreur. Il peut aussi qualifier ce qui relève de la sophistique ou de la casuistique.

An obsolete adjective describing reasoning or arguments that are clever but false or misleading, intended to deceive.

1. Plausible but misleadingC2formal

   Seemingly correct or logical, but actually false or deceptive, especially in arguments.

   Spécieux, fallacieux

   • His sophistical reasoning confused the jury.
   • The politician used sophistical arguments to avoid the real issue.
   • She saw through his sophistical explanation immediately.

   Synonymescasuisticdeceptivefallaciousmisleadingspeciousspuriousunsound

   Antonymescogenthonestlogicalsoundvalid