Associations to the word «Sophist»
Noun
Adverb
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.