I. (ˈ)sä|fistik, səˈf-, sōˈf-, -tēk adjective
Etymology: Latin sophisticus, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs + -ikos -ic
1.
a. : tending to or employing sophistry
sophistic tyrants
b. : using sophisms
sophistic rhetoricians
2. : of, relating to, or typical of sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists
a sophistic age
sophistic subtleties
the sophistic movement
II. noun
( -s )
: the doctrines or procedures of the Sophists or a sophist ; also : sophistry