apparent soundness
argument
argument by analogy
argumentum ad baculum
argumentum ad captandum
argumentum ad hominem
bad case
begging the question
casuistry
circular argument
circularity
claptrap
crowd-pleasing argument
deception
deceptiveness
delusion
disingenuousness
distortion
empty words
equivocalness
equivocation
evasive reasoning
fallaciousness
fallacy
formal fallacy
hysteron proteron
illogicality
insincere argument
insincerity
invalidity
irrationality
jesuitism
jesuitry
logical fallacy
material fallacy
mere rhetoric
misapplication
moonshine
mystification
non sequitur
obfuscation
obscurantism
oversubtlety
paralogism
perversion
petitio principii
philosophism
plausibility
false belief
sophist
sophistic
sophisticate
sophisticated
sophistry
appelation
axil
captiousness
charlatanism
contriv
demurrer
encomiast
entangling
facetiae
gerrymandering
hypocrisie
misdirection
misstatement
moralization
powerplay
pupil
rutting
self-approval
tergiversation
untruths
victual
washwoman