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.]
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▸ 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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