a. 诡辩的, 诡辩法的, 古代诡辩派的

[ adj ]
plausible but misleading
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Sophistic \So*phis"tic\, Sophistical \So*phis"tic*al\, a. [L.
sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.]
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry;
fallaciously subtile; not sound.

His argument . . . is altogether sophistical.
--Macaulay.
※ -- {So*phis"tic*al*ly}, adv. --
{So*phis"tic*al*ness}, n.