SOPHISTIC


Meaning of SOPHISTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sä-ˈfis-tik, sə- ]

adjective

or so·phis·ti·cal -ti-kəl

Date: 15th century

1. : of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists

sophistic rhetoric

sophistic subtleties

2. : plausible but fallacious

sophistic reasoning

• so·phis·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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