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"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُغَالَطَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sopʻestabanutʻyun",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "սոփեստաբանություն"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "詭辯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǐbiàn",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "诡辩"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sofisma"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sofisme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "drogreden"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sophisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sophismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sófisma",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σόφισμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sofisteía",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σοφιστεία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sóphisma",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σόφισμα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofisma"
},
{
"alt": "きべん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiben",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "詭弁"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sofizam",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "софизам"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kutaṟkkaṁ",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "കുതർക്കം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kaḷḷanyāyaṁ",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"word": "കള്ളന്യായം"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofizmat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"historical",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofisma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sofízm",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "софи́зм"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fìsima"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sofisma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sofízm",
"sense": "flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "софі́зм"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sophism"
],
"word": "sophism"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "Sufism"
}
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"wikipedia": [
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