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nounsomeone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
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nounany of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjectstype of:
Definition that contains sophist
- innocent lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- camp providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
- france French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
- bush not of the highest quality or sophistication
- coward English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
- smooth smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- pervert practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- twist practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- ignorant uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
- worldly very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world