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# One of a class of [[teacher]]s of [[rhetoric]], [[philosophy]], and [[politics]] in ancient Greece. |
# One of a class of [[teacher]]s of [[rhetoric]], [[philosophy]], and [[politics]] in ancient Greece. |
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# A teacher who used [[plausible]] but [[fallacious]] [[reasoning]]. |
# {{label|en|slang}} A teacher who used [[plausible]] but [[fallacious]] [[reasoning]]. |
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# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} One who is [[captious]], fallacious, or [[deceptive]] in [[argument]]. |
# {{label|en|slang}} {{context|by extension|lang=en}} One who is [[captious]], fallacious, or [[deceptive]] in [[argument]]. |
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Revision as of 19:35, 19 June 2014
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) sophista, also (deprecated template usage) sophistes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) σοφιστής (sophistḗs), from (deprecated template usage) σοφίζεσθαι (sophízesthai).
Pronunciation
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Noun
sophist (plural sophists)
- One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
- (slang) A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
- (slang) (deprecated template usage) (by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
Usage notes
- The meaning of "sophist" can vary depending on the time period to which one is referring. A sophist of the earliest period was a master in his art or craft who demonstrated (taught by example) his practical skill/learning in exchange for pay. Later sophists were providers of a well-rounded education intended to give pupils arete – "virtue, human excellence". By late antiquity, sophistḗs / sophistes tended to denote exclusively a skilled public speaker and/or teacher of rhetoric.[1][2]
Synonyms
- (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument): logic chopper
Related terms
Translations
ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.
one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument
References
- ^ Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Sophists" by Max Fishler, p. 295.
- ^ "History of the name ‘Sophist’," Encyclopedia Britannica at www.britannica.com.