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

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..

Deipnosophist :: Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals..

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

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

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

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

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

Sophist :: 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..

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

Unsophisticate :: Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticate.

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

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

Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..

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

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

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

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