sophistic
Origin of sophistic
1- Also so·phis·ti·cal [suh-fis-ti-kuhl] /səˈfɪs tɪ kəl/ .
Other words from sophistic
- so·phis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- so·phis·ti·cal·ness, noun
- an·ti·so·phis·tic, adjective
- non·so·phis·tic, adjective
- non·so·phis·ti·cal, adjective
- non·so·phis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·so·phis·ti·cal·ness, noun
- un·so·phis·tic, adjective
- un·so·phis·ti·cal, adjective
- un·so·phis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby sophistic
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How to use sophistic in a sentence
The reaction of the Socratic school against the sophistic may serve to illustrate the third stage of thinking.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyLack of merit may be so complete, so grotesque, that the composition affords to the sophistic eye a high order of comedy.
Shandygaff | Christopher MorleyBut what will become of our young gentleman, if he be attacked with the sophistic subtlety of some syllogism?
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de MontaigneHitherto such writers have confined their view mostly to speculative points, sophistic reasonings, and sarcastic interpellations.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems | Walter Savage LandorThis consequence of the sophistic principles was drawn both by many of the Sophists themselves, and later by the Cyrenaics.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. Stace
British Dictionary definitions for sophistic
sophistical
/ (səˈfɪstɪk) /
of or relating to sophists or sophistry
consisting of sophisms or sophistry; specious
Derived forms of sophistic
- sophistically, adverb
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