堅けん白ぱく同どう異い

noun

sophism; sophistry; quibbling

A yojijukugo referring to sophistry or hair-splitting argumentation, originally from ancient Chinese philosophy. Used in formal or literary contexts to describe overly clever but fallacious reasoning.

• 彼かれの議ぎ論ろんは堅白けんぱく同どう異いに過すぎず、実じっ質しつ的てきな内ない容ようがなかった。

  His argument was mere sophistry and lacked any real substance.