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adj
Synonym of sophistical, of or related to the ancient Sophists, characterized by fallacious reasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sophistical, of or related to the ancient Sophists, characterized by fallacious reasoning
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of sophistic (“pertaining to the sophists”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
The supposed beliefs and methods of the Sophists, taken as a kind of school of thought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: sophism
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of sophistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or pertaining to sophists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
plausible but misleading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós). Equivalent to sophist + -ic and sophism + -istic.
