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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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Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

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

Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

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

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

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

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

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

Vermiculate :: Vermiculate (a.) Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical..

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

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

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..

Sophistication :: Sophistication (n.) The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs..

Sophism :: Sophism (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive..

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

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

Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..

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

Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..

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