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

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

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

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..

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

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

Sophisticate :: Sophisticate (v. t.) To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine..

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

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

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

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

Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

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

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

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

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

Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..

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

Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.

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