sophist.
Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
Meaning & usage
Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
Synonym of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”).
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sophista and sophistes, borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise one”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).
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