ja 屁理屈

A Japanese term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: crowdsourcing by Kyoto University & Yahoo Japan Corporation, JMDict 1.07, English Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • de haarspalterei ➜
  • de sophisterei ➜
  • en argument for argument's sake ➜
  • en cavil ➜
  • en frivolous objections ➜
  • en hair splitting ➜
  • en quibble ➜
  • en sophism ➜
  • en sophism (n, cognition) ➜

屁理屈 is a type of…

  • ja 言い逃れ ➜
  • ja 逃げ ➜
  • ja 逃避 ➜

Related terms

  • en chop logic ➜
  • en logic ➜
  • en sophistic ➜

Links to other resources

  • en.wiktionary.org 屁理屈
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