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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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Sophisticated :: Sophisticated (a.) Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

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

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

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 sophist. See Sophist.

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

Nias :: Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person..

Innocent :: Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

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..

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

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

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