SOPHIST | • sophist n. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece. • sophist n. (Figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning. • sophist n. (Figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument. |
SOPHISTER | • sophister n. A sophist. • sophister n. (Dated, UK, US, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence. • SOPHISTER n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHIST. |
SOPHISTERS | • sophisters n. Plural of sophister. • SOPHISTER n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHIST. |
SOPHISTIC | • sophistic adj. Pertaining to the ancient sophists. • sophistic adj. Sophistical. • sophistic n. (Historical, philosophy) The sophists of antiquity, in general or of a specific period; their beliefs and method. |
SOPHISTICAL | • sophistical adj. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. • sophistical adj. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally. • SOPHISTICAL adj. relating to sophistry, also SOPHISTIC. |
SOPHISTICALLY | • sophistically adv. In a sophistical fashion. • SOPHISTICAL adv. relating to sophistry, also SOPHISTIC. |
SOPHISTICATE | • sophisticate v. (Transitive). • sophisticate v. (Intransitive) To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but… • sophisticate n. A person who is sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”)… |
SOPHISTICATED | • sophisticated adj. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise. • sophisticated adj. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person;… • sophisticated adj. Complicated, especially of complex technology. |
SOPHISTICATEDLY | • sophisticatedly adv. In a sophisticated manner. • SOPHISTICATED adv. SOPHISTICATE, to make artificial or worldly. |
SOPHISTICATES | • sophisticates n. Plural of sophisticate. • SOPHISTICATE v. to make artificial or worldly. |
SOPHISTICATING | • sophisticating v. Present participle of sophisticate. • SOPHISTICATE v. to make artificial or worldly. |
SOPHISTICATION | • sophistication n. Enlightenment or education. • sophistication n. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. • sophistication n. Deceptive logic; sophistry. |
SOPHISTICATIONS | • sophistications n. Plural of sophistication. • SOPHISTICATION n. the use of sophistry. |
SOPHISTICATOR | • sophisticator n. One who sophisticates. • SOPHISTICATOR n. one who sophisticates. |
SOPHISTICATORS | • sophisticators n. Plural of sophisticator. • SOPHISTICATOR n. one who sophisticates. |
SOPHISTRIES | • sophistries n. Plural of sophistry. • SOPHISTRY n. deceptively subtle reasoning or argumentation; an argument used to deceive. |
SOPHISTRY | • sophistry n. (Uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist. • sophistry n. (Uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning. • sophistry n. (Countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised… |
SOPHISTS | • sophists n. Plural of sophist. • SOPHIST n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHISTER. |