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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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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..

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

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

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

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.

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

Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

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

Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.

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

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

Sophistical :: Sophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.

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

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

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

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..

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

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.