Associations to the word «Sophist»
Noun
- Socrates
- Plato
- Rhetoric
- Athenian
- Aristotle
- Orator
- Oratory
- Philosopher
- Athens
- Skepticism
- Dialogue
- Statesman
- Philo
- Older
- Plutarch
- Contemporary
- Thinker
- Cicero
- Sprague
- Allegory
- Eloquence
- Nestor
- Tiberius
- Oration
- Antioch
- Bce
- Ridicule
- Claudius
- Laws
- Greece
- Symposium
- Wisdom
- Persuasion
- Greek
- Discourse
- Argument
- Philosophy
- Gertrude
- Homer
- Odysseus
- Relativity
- Lexicon
- Sparta
- Virtue
- Disciple
- Intellectual
- Myth
- Bc
- Tyrant
- Lucius
- Pupil
- Sage
- Doctrine
- Logo
- Treatise
- Tuition
- Ce
- Fifth
- Teacher
- Mage
- Truth
- Logic
- Syracuse
- Teaching
- Speech
- Sicily
- Fee
- Ignorance
- Democracy
- Apology
- Handbook
- Sorcerer
- Paradox
- Fragment
- Gaza
Adjective
Wiktionary
SOPHIST, noun. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
SOPHIST, noun. (loosely) A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
SOPHIST, noun. (loosely) (by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
Dictionary definition
SOPHIST, noun. Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects.
SOPHIST, noun. Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
Wise words
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