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Definition of sophist

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Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt..

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Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..

Sophisticate :: Sophisticate (a.) Alt. of Sophisticate.

Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.

Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals..

Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..

Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.

Verdant :: Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth..

Sophisticator :: Sophisticator (n.) One who sophisticates.

Sophist :: Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt..

Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.

Unsophisticate :: Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticate.

Sophisticating :: Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sophisticat.

Gymnosophist :: Gymnosophist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature..

Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.

Deipnosophist :: Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals..

Philosophistic :: Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistica.

Theosophist :: Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.

Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The art or process of reasoning; logic.

Senior :: Senior (n.) One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary..