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noun
1.
(often initial capital letter) Greek History.
a.
b.
a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
2.
a person who reasons adroitly and speciously rather than soundly.
3.
a philosopher.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin sophista < Greek sophistḗs sage, derivative of sophízesthai
1535–45; < Latin sophista < Greek sophistḗs sage, derivative of sophízesthai
Related forms
an·ti·soph·ist, noun, adjective
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Sophist
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Example Sentences
- Koestler's hands, turns into and irritable and egotistical man, half scientist and half sophist.
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Word Origin & History
sophist
1542, earlier sophister (c.1380), from L. sophista, sophistes, from Gk. sophistes, from sophizesthai "to become wise or learned," from sophos "wise, clever," of unknown origin. Gk. sophistes came to mean "one who gives intellectual instruction for pay," and, contrasted with "philosopher," it became a
EXPANDterm of contempt. Ancient sophists were famous for their clever, specious arguments.
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