Jul 3, 2012
sophistocrisy
[so-fis-TOK-ruh-see]
n. Sophism together with scorn for sophistry; the art of winning arguments without being right, combined with contempt for such a practice.
Sophistocrites are typically not aware of themselves as such, since this would require a level of hypocrisy too great for most human vessels to carry. Fortunately, many screening processes exist that can be very effective at identifying such individuals. One example is the following simple survey:
"Roughly how many times per month do you use the phrase 'cognitive dissonance'?"
If your answer is 2 or higher, you are likely a sophistocrite. If your answer was not a whole number, you may have further complications.