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
John Davidson was a thoroughgoing materialist, and the other members of the school, made sceptic by their admiration for the sophistic philosophy of Wilde, followed Davidson in his views.
From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Elizabeth Atkins
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