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

Theosophistical :: Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.

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

Sophistic :: Sophistic (a.) Alt. of Sophistica.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

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

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

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

Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

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

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