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sophister

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soph⋅ist⋅er

  [sof-uh-ster]
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–noun
1. a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
2. Chiefly British. (esp. formerly) a second or third year student at a university.
3. Obsolete. an ancient Greek sophist.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF sophistre < L sophista. See sophist
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