| NOUN | person | Sophist | any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects |
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| person | sophist, casuist | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious |
| Meaning | Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects. | |
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| Broader | philosopher | A specialist in philosophy |
| Adjectives | sophistic | of or pertaining to sophists |
| Meaning | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious. | |
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| Synonym | casuist | |
| Broader | reasoner, ratiocinator | someone who reasons logically |
| Spanish | casuista, sofista | |
| Catalan | casuista, sofista | |
| Adjectives | sophistic | of or pertaining to sophists |
| sophistic, sophistical | plausible but misleading | |
| Nouns | sophism | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |
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