| ADJECTIVE | pert | sophistic | of or pertaining to sophists |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | sophistic, sophistical | plausible but misleading |
| Meaning | Of or pertaining to sophists. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nouns | Sophist | any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects |
| sophist | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | |
| Meaning | Plausible but misleading. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sophistical | |
| Broader | invalid | Having no cogency or legal force |
| Spanish | especioso | |
| Nouns | sophism | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |
| sophist | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | |
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