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
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How to use sophistic in a sentence
This reasoning may seem to many persons mere casuistry, mere sophistical juggling with words.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAnother may not be wrong in his facts, but have a declamatory or sophistical vein in him, much to be guarded against.
Friends in Council | Arthur HelpsThe savory ham was very appetizing, the Deacon was very hungry, and the argument was sophistical.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyNo brilliancy in sophistical pleadings can make men long prefer what is new to that which is true.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordBut I can't do that kind of thing, and I must stick to my little sophistical fantasies, or my bald reports of nature.
The Coast of Bohemia | William Dean Howells
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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