sophistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce sophistic in British English: UK [sə'fɪstɪk]
How to pronounce sophistic in American English: US [sə'fɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to sophists
- plausible but misleading
Word Origin
- sophistic (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin sophisticus, from Greek sophistikos "like a sophist, sophistical," from sophistes (see sophist). Related: Sophistical (late 15c.); sophistically (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. And these people are very sophistic .
- 2. In epictetus there are two exercises : sophistic and ethical .
- 3. Interpreting the zhongyong : was confucius a sophistic or an aristotelian ?