Pretense and Sophism

Pretense noun - The quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case.

Sophism and pretense are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sophism" instead a noun "Pretense".

Nearby Words: pretend, pretence, pretension, pretentiousness, pretender

Sophism noun - A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.

Pretense and sophism are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretense" instead a noun "Sophism".

Nearby Words: sophistical, sophistry, sophistic, sophist, Sophy