Definition of sophist

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

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Innocent :: Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot..
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Sophism :: Sophism (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive..
Crocodility :: Crocodility (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.
Sophisticated :: Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Sophisticat.
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.
Sophisticating :: Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sophisticat.
Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
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..
Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.
Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.
Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..
Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.
Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals..
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Sophistic :: Sophistic (a.) Alt. of Sophistica.
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