01 n. The art or process of reasoning; logic.
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1.
The art or process of reasoning; logic.[Obs.]
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2.
The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.“The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion.” — Coleridge.
Syn.
See Fallacy.