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Sophists

One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

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noun
  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.

noun
  1. 1

    A sophist.

  2. 2

    (universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.

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