Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)The supposed beliefs and methods of the Sophists, taken as a kind of school of thought.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Your "proof" is sophistic.

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistik

Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós). Equivalent to sophist + -ic and sophism + -istic.

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Forms

plural: sophistics

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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