sophist
IPA: sʌfˈɪst
noun
- One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
- (figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
- (figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
- (dated) Alternative form of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”) [A sophist.]
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Examples of "sophist" in Sentences
- I tried to be a sophisticate.
- He fancies himself a sophisticate.
- Betsy can be described as sophistication.
- He was a diplomat, sophist and historian.
- His rhythmic sophistication was unequaled.
- Lycophron was a sophist of Ancient Greece.
- The difference is in sophistication and accuracy.
- The issue is one of semantics and sophistication.
- Gorgias was a Greek sophist, pre socratic philosopher and rhetorician.
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