Definitions for: Sophistic

[adj] plausible but misleading

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: invalid, sophistical