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sophists

sophists is the plural of sophist.

Meaning of sophist

Noun

sophist (plural sophists)

  1. (figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
    Synonyms:
    sophister
  2. (broadly, figuratively) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
    • [T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt.1699, Richard Bentley, “The Preface”, in A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an Answer to the Objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esquire, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for...
  3. (dated) Synonym of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”).
    Synonyms:
    sophister

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Noun capitalized: Sophists

Sophists

  1. (plural) plural of Sophist

Questions about sophists

What is sophists the plural of?
Sophists is the plural of sophist.
What part of speech is sophists?
Sophists is a noun.

Words near sophists in the dictionary

  1. sophistos
  2. sophistress
  3. sophistresses
  4. sophistries
  5. sophistry
  6. sophists
  7. sophmore
  8. sopho-
  9. sophocarpine
  10. Sophoclean
  11. Sophocles

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