The meaning of Sophist
Sophist – definition
nounA paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in greece in the classical and hellenistic periods, associated in popular thought with moral scepticism and specious reasoning.
Usage examples:
His mistress aspasia and the sophist anaxagoras were perhaps prosecuted.
nounA person who uses sophistry (= clever but untrue arguments) in order to deceive people
Usage examples:
It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the gene…
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Word origin
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek sophistēs, from sophizesthai ‘devise, become wise’, from sophos ‘wise’.
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