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

Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

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

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

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

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