sophistry (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[sophistry 词源字典]
"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].[sophistry etymology, sophistry origin, 英语词源]