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

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

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

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

Chirosophist :: Chirosophist (n.) A fortune teller.

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

Ceratine :: Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

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

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

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

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

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..

Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.

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

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

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

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

Crocodility :: Crocodility (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.

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

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