Usually means: Teachers of rhetoric and philosophy.
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  1. sophists: Merriam-Webster
  2. sophists: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. Sophists, sophists: Wordnik
  5. sophists: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sophists: Wiktionary
  7. sophists: Dictionary.com
  8. Sophists: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. sophists: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
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  3. Sophists: Eastern Philosophy

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  1. Sophists: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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  1. Sophists: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

(Note: See sophist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sophist)

noun:  One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
noun:  (figurative) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
noun:  (figurative, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
noun:  (dated) Alternative form of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”) [A sophist.]
▸ Also see sophist


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