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noun • a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | ||||
| 37% | 9 | Work record brought into smart but specious argument | ||
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| 37% | 7 | Jerry's turned up, beating this chap with specious argument | ||
noun • someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious • any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects | ||||
Thus Greek Characters Beginning To Make Specious Argument
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SOPHISM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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