| SOPHISM | • sophism n. (Uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching… • sophism n. (Countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. • sophism n. (Countable) An intentional fallacy. |
| SOPHIST | • sophist n. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece. • sophist n. (Figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning. • sophist n. (Figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument. |
| SOPHISMS | • sophisms n. Plural of sophism. • SOPHISM n. a plausible, deceptive fallacy. |
| SOPHISTS | • sophists n. Plural of sophist. • SOPHIST n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHISTER. |
| SOPHISTER | • sophister n. A sophist. • sophister n. (Dated, UK, US, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence. • SOPHISTER n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHIST. |
| SOPHISTIC | • sophistic adj. Pertaining to the ancient sophists. • sophistic adj. Sophistical. • sophistic n. (Historical, philosophy) The sophists of antiquity, in general or of a specific period; their beliefs and method. |
| SOPHISTRY | • sophistry n. (Uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist. • sophistry n. (Uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning. • sophistry n. (Countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised… |
| SOPHISTERS | • sophisters n. Plural of sophister. • SOPHISTER n. a person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates, also SOPHIST. |
| SOPHISTICAL | • sophistical adj. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. • sophistical adj. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally. • SOPHISTICAL adj. relating to sophistry, also SOPHISTIC. |
| SOPHISTRIES | • sophistries n. Plural of sophistry. • SOPHISTRY n. deceptively subtle reasoning or argumentation; an argument used to deceive. |
| SOPHISTICATE | • sophisticate v. (Transitive). • sophisticate v. (Intransitive) To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but… • sophisticate n. A person who is sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”)… |
| SOPHISTICALLY | • sophistically adv. In a sophistical fashion. • SOPHISTICAL adv. relating to sophistry, also SOPHISTIC. |
| SOPHISTICATED | • sophisticated adj. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise. • sophisticated adj. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person;… • sophisticated adj. Complicated, especially of complex technology. |
| SOPHISTICATES | • sophisticates n. Plural of sophisticate. • SOPHISTICATE v. to make artificial or worldly. |
| SOPHISTICATOR | • sophisticator n. One who sophisticates. • SOPHISTICATOR n. one who sophisticates. |
| SOPHISTICATING | • sophisticating v. Present participle of sophisticate. • SOPHISTICATE v. to make artificial or worldly. |
| SOPHISTICATION | • sophistication n. Enlightenment or education. • sophistication n. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. • sophistication n. Deceptive logic; sophistry. |
| SOPHISTICATORS | • sophisticators n. Plural of sophisticator. • SOPHISTICATOR n. one who sophisticates. |
| SOPHISTICATEDLY | • sophisticatedly adv. In a sophisticated manner. • SOPHISTICATED adv. SOPHISTICATE, to make artificial or worldly. |
| SOPHISTICATIONS | • sophistications n. Plural of sophistication. • SOPHISTICATION n. the use of sophistry. |