English Explanatory Dictionary

sophistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of sophistical, of or related to the ancient Sophists, characterized by fallacious reasoning.
noun
  1. The supposed beliefs and methods of the Sophists, taken as a kind of school of thought.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sophistic (“pertaining to the sophists”).
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sophistic.

Word forms

sophistic more sophistic most sophistic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós). Equivalent to sophist + -ic and sophism + -istic.

Synonyms

sophistical of or related to the ancient Sophists characterized by fallacious reasoning sophism

Derived words

philosophistic unsophistic
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