Sophist Definition

sŏfĭst
sophists
noun
sophists
Any person practicing clever, specious reasoning.
Webster's New World
A scholar or thinker.
American Heritage
In ancient Greece, any of a group of teachers of rhetoric, politics, philosophy, etc., some of whom were notorious for their clever, specious arguments.
Webster's New World
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sophist
Plural:
sophists

Origin of Sophist

  • Middle English sophiste from Latin sophista from Greek sophistēs from sophizesthai to become wise from sophos clever

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sophista, also sophistes, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistÄ“s, “pursuer of wisdom"), from σοφίζεσθαι (sophizesthai, “become wise").

    From Wiktionary

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