Sinonim sophist

English Thesaurus

1. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (noun.person)

hypernym	:	ratiocinator, reasoner,
definition	:	someone who reasons logically (noun.person)

2. any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects (noun.person)

hypernym	:	philosopher,
definition	:	a specialist in philosophy (noun.person)

3. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (noun.person)

derivation	:	sophism, sophistication, sophistry,
definition	:	a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	casuistry,
definition	:	argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sophistic, sophistical,
definition	:	plausible but misleading (adj.all)

derivation	:	casuistic, casuistical,
definition	:	of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems (adj.pert)

derivation	:	casuistic, casuistical,
definition	:	of or relating to or practicing casuistry (adj.pert)

4. any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects (noun.person)

derivation	:	sophistic,
definition	:	of or pertaining to sophists (adj.pert)

5. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (noun.person)

derivation	:	sophism, sophistication, sophistry,
definition	:	a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	casuistry,
definition	:	argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sophistic, sophistical,
definition	:	plausible but misleading (adj.all)

derivation	:	casuistic, casuistical,
definition	:	of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems (adj.pert)

derivation	:	casuistic, casuistical,
definition	:	of or relating to or practicing casuistry (adj.pert)

6. any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects (noun.person)

derivation	:	sophistic,
definition	:	of or pertaining to sophists (adj.pert)