Definition of sophist

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

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Sophistication :: Sophistication (n.) The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs..
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.
Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.
Theosophist :: Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.
Sophistical :: Sophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
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..
Theosophistical :: Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals..
Philosophistic :: Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistica.
Chirosophist :: Chirosophist (n.) A fortune teller.
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..
Refel :: Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister..
Sophister :: Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument..
Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
Sophisticate :: Sophisticate (v. t.) To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine..
Philosophistical :: Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.
Sophisticator :: Sophisticator (n.) One who sophisticates.
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Sophism :: Sophism (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive..
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