Definition of sophist

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

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Sophistic :: Sophistic (a.) Alt. of Sophistica.
Unsophisticated :: Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.
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..
Vermiculate :: Vermiculate (a.) Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical..
Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..
Nias :: Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person..
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Sophister :: Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument..
Gymnosophy :: Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Sophister :: Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
Sophisticated :: Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Sophisticat.
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Sophisticating :: Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sophisticat.
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
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..
Unsophisticate :: Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticate.
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