1、sophist, the earlier form is sophister.
2、sophister => sophistr- + -y.
3、sophister + -y => sophistery => sophistry.
sophistry 诡辩,诡辩术
sophist,诡辩,-ry,学术,学问。
sophistry (n.)
"specious but fallacious reasoning," mid-14c., from Old French sophistrie (Modern French sophisterie), from Medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista, sophistes (see sophist). "Sophistry applies to reasoning as sophism to a single argument" [Century Dictionary].
1. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
1、sophist, the earlier form is sophister.
2、sophister => sophistr- + -y.
3、sophister + -y => sophistery => sophistry.
中文词源
sophistry 诡辩,诡辩术
sophist,诡辩,-ry,学术,学问。
英文词源
sophistry (n.)
"specious but fallacious reasoning," mid-14c., from Old French sophistrie (Modern French sophisterie), from Medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista, sophistes (see sophist). "Sophistry applies to reasoning as sophism to a single argument" [Century Dictionary].
双语例句
1. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.