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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