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noun

Say it like: Sof-ist-s

The correct spelling is sophists. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

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  1. 1.One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
  2. 2.A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
  3. 3.(by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
  4. 4.A sophist.
  5. 5.(universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.

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