"sophistical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sophistical [comparative], most sophistical [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis, equivalent to sophist + -ical. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sophistical}} Middle English sophistical, {{der|en|la|sophisticālis}} Latin sophisticālis, {{af|en|sophist|-ical}} sophist + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} sophistical (comparative more sophistical, superlative most sophistical)
  1. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
    Sense id: en-sophistical-en-adj-KSLAqB8w
  2. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.
    Sense id: en-sophistical-en-adj-1PsC3x-E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sophistic Derived forms: sophistically, sophisticalness
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