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Sophist Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Sophist has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

2

someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

3

One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

See Also
sophistry thrasymachian politics deceptive sophists philodox plausible gorgias
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
philosopher reasoner
Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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