VDict - Definition of specious argument

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specious eristic sophistication argument persuasiveness train of thought counterargument arguable eristical sophist contention casuist speciously casuistry cogent perspicacious plausible debate spurious flimsy purport cosmologic cosmological telling weighty whitewash thread strength sophistry sophism presupposition confuter refuter disprover devil's advocate synopsis predication talking point mulish argle-bargle dianoetic specious argument rational motive argy-bargy convincingness line of inquiry sales pitch sales talk line of questioning haggling wrangling name calling rebutter literary argument postulator sparring rebuttal postulation special pleading thesis controversy ignoratio elenchi disceptation hodgepodge contestation arguing self-evident truth basic assumption paralogism constatation monstrance square off agonistical clincher straw man strawman unforceful vicious circle unarguable unargumentative

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