Sophistry
Pronunciation : Soph"ist*ry
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.]
Definition : 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.]
2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion. Coleridge.
Syn. -- See Fallacy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913