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sophistic
CIDE DICTIONARY
sophistic, a. [L. sophisticus, Gr. : cf. F. sophistique.].
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound. [1913 Webster]
"His argument . . . is altogether sophistical." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
sophistic
baseless, bogus, captious, casuistical, deceptive, fallacious, false, groundless, hypocritical, invalid, irrational, mad, misleading, nonrational, reasonless, sham, sophistical, specious, unreasonable, unsound, untenableFor further exploring for "sophistic" in Webster Dictionary Online