Word of the Day – Sophism

• Noun:  Sophism
  1. an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially :  such an argument used to deceive
•  Synonyms:
  1. Absurdity
  2. Deception
  3. Misconception
  4. fallacious argument
• Usage:
  1. “Conscience is the chaos of chimeras, of lusts, and of temptations; the furnace of dreams; the lair of ideas of which we are ashamed; it is the pandemonium of sophisms; it is the battlefield of the passions. .”
• Encountered:
  1. While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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