Definition of sophist

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

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Unsophisticate :: Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticate.
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
Sophisticate :: Sophisticate (a.) Alt. of Sophisticate.
Verdant :: Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth..
Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..
Sophistic :: Sophistic (a.) Alt. of Sophistica.
Sophism :: Sophism (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive..
Philosophistic :: Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistica.
Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..
Unsophisticated :: Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.
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..
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Theosophistical :: Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Philosophistical :: Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.
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..
Nias :: Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person..
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.
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