sophist
From WikiWord, the free dictionary
/ˈsɒfɪst/
English
Definitions
noun
- One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
- A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
- (by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
noun
- A sophist.
- (universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
Related words
Synonyms
logic choppercasuisttorturingsocratistgorgiassocraticscholarchgrecianantiphonacademianaristotelianaristotleclassicscholasticaristophanistscholasticallucian