different between sophism vs postmodernism

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (sophismós, “wisdom, learnedness”), derived from ????? (sophía, “wisdom, learning”) +? -ism. The English definition of Sophism was corrupted by Plato condemning Greek sophists who charged for their personal rhetorics, often giving fallacious and deceptive reasoning for young noblemen seeking political office.

Noun

sophism (countable and uncountable, plural sophisms)

1. A method of teaching using the techniques of philosophy and rhetoric.
2. (informal) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
3. (informal) An intentional fallacy.

Related terms

• sophist
• sophistic
• sophisticate
• sophisticated
• sophistry

Translations

See also

• half-truth

Etymology 2

Noun

sophism (uncountable)

1. Archaic spelling of Sufism.

References

English

Etymology

From post- +? modernism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??st?m?d?n?z?m/

Noun

postmodernism (usually uncountable, plural postmodernisms)

1. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

   Coordinate terms: modernism, metamodernism, post-postmodernism

2. An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.

Derived terms

• postmodernist
• post-postmodernism

Related terms

• postmodern

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

post- +? modernism

Noun

postmodernism c

1. postmodernism

Declension