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Originally Posted by stuartj
"the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving".
Yes that really is pretty close, except for the idea of deception. Say there was someone who wrote an involved, elaborate argument that Star Wars was real, and believed that it was. He is not intending to deceive, quite genuine in intention, but the underlying premise is a nonsense.
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So then that person is presenting an argument for the existence of Star Wars. I don't think you cab properly represent that with a single word (of course I could be wrong) but rather you must define the argument.
That person is arguing their belief that Star Wars is real , so you may define their belief in a single word, but not their argument.