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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sophist has 2 senses
- sophist(n = noun.person) - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects; is a kind of philosopher
- sophist(n = noun.person) casuist - someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious; is a kind of ratiocinator, reasoner
Derived form adjective sophistic1
Derived forms noun sophism1, adjective sophistic2, adjective sophistical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sophist, n. [F. sophiste, L. sophistes, fr. Gr. . See Sophism.].
- One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt. [1913 Webster]"Many of the Sophists doubdtless card not for truth or morality, and merely professed to teach how to make the worse appear the better reason; but there scems no reason to hold that they were a special class, teaching special opinions; even Socrates and Plato were sometimes styled Sophists." [1913 Webster]
- Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sophist, n.
1 one who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.
2 Gk Antiq. a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric, esp. one associated with moral scepticism and specious reasoning.
1 one who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.
2 Gk Antiq. a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric, esp. one associated with moral scepticism and specious reasoning.
Derivative
sophistic adj. sophistical adj. sophistically adv.
Etymology
L sophistes f. Gk sophistes f. sophizomai: see SOPHISM