adjective
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of or relating to sophists or sophistry
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consisting of sophisms or sophistry; specious
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sophistic
1540–50; < Latin sophisticus < Greek sophistikós, equivalent to sophist ( ḗs ) ( see sophist) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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But perhaps its sophistic victim-blaming was better left unsaid.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2019
The presentation quickly collapses under Steve Bannon’s sophistic questioning.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2018
The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
For sheer sophistic jabberwocky and an excruciating reciprocity of cleverness Buckley's ideal Firing Line partner would be Marshall McLuhan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some other personality, compounded of all those ugly, sophistic things that lurk in every human character, seemed to be wrestling with, obscuring the real man.
From The Mating of Lydia by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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