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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǐbiàn",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"word": "诡辩"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Haarspalterei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sofisteía",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σοφιστεία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sófisma",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σόφισμα"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "hathkaṇḍā",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "हथकंडा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jāl",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जाल"
},
{
"alt": "きべん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiben",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"word": "詭弁"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "argūtia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sofistyka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofisma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sofístika",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "софи́стика"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"word": "argucia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sofisteri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spetsfundighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hårklyveri"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:sophistry"
],
"word": "sophistry"
}
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