Definition of sophist

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

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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..
Innocent :: Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot..
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..
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Sophisticator :: Sophisticator (n.) One who sophisticates.
Unsophisticate :: Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticate.
Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..
Sophister :: Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument..
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Philosophistic :: Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistica.
Sophistical :: Sophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
Sophisticate :: Sophisticate (v. t.) To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine..
Unsophisticated :: Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.
Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The art or process of reasoning; logic.
Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
Theosophist :: Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.
Sophisticated :: Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Sophisticat.
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