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sophist¹
- /ˈsɒfɪst/ UK
- /ˈsoʊfɪst/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sophista and sophistes, borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise one”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).
noun sophists
- Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
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A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
Similar: sophister
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One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
[T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt.
Similar: logic chopper, pilpulist, sophister
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Synonym of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”).
Similar: sophister
Sophist²
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sophista and sophistes, borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise one”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).
Translations
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noun ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.
| Español | sofista |
|---|---|
| Português | sofista |
| Deutsch | Sophist, Sophistin |
| Italiano | sofista |
| Ελληνικά | σοφιστής sofistís |
| Română | sofist |
noun one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument
| Português | sofista |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sophist |
| Ελληνικά | σοφιστής sofistís |
| Română | sofist |
| العربية | سَفْسَطِيّ safsaṭiyy, سَفْسَطَائِيّ safsaṭāʔiyy |
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