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Raresophist
The correct spelling is sophist.
How to pronounce sophist
noun
IPA: /ˈsɒfɪst/
Say it like: Sof-ist
The correct spelling is sophist. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
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Definition
noun
- 1.One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
- 2.A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
- 3.(by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
- 4.A sophist.
- 5.(universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
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