2
nonsense(deception, reasoning, trickery, verbiage, hogwash)
2
paralogism(noun, deception)
2
paralogy(noun, deception, reasoning)
2
sharp practice(noun, expression, idiom, deception, dishonesty)
2
shift(noun, trick, escape, routine, cunning)
2
solecism(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
2
subtlety(noun, justification)
2
weak point(expression, idiom, reasoning)
2
wile
2
wiles(deception, dishonesty, trickery, stratagem, verbiage)
1
aberration(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
1
acuteness
1
adroitness(noun, wit)
1
aesthetics
1
amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
1
argument
1
argument by analogy(expression, idiom)
1
argumentum ad baculum(expression, idiom)
1
argumentum ad captandum(expression, idiom)
1
argumentum ad hominem(expression, idiom)
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