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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Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
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..
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Sophisticating :: Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sophisticat.
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.
Theosophistical :: Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..
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..
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Theosophist :: Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.
Deipnosophist :: Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals..
Nias :: Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person..
Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..
Philosophistical :: Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.
Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Crocodility :: Crocodility (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.
Verdant :: Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth..
Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
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