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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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Philosophistical :: Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.

Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.

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

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..

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

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

Sophister :: Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument..

Unsophisticated :: Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

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

Chirosophist :: Chirosophist (n.) A fortune teller.

Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.

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

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

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

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

Crocodility :: Crocodility (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.

Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

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..

Sophisticated :: Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Sophisticat.