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Noun: sophist  só-fist
  1. Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
    - casuist
Noun: Sophist
  1. Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

Derived forms: Sophists, sophists

See also: sophism, sophistic, sophistical

Type of: philosopher, ratiocinator, reasoner

Encyclopedia: Sophist

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