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Meaning of Sophist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɒfɪst

Definitions

  1. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
  2. A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
  3. One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.

Equivalents

Bosanski sofist
Català sofista
Čeština sofista
Ελληνικά σοφιστής
Español sofista
Suomi sofisti
Hrvatski sofist
Italiano sofista
Polski sofista
Português sofista
Română sofist
Српски sofist

Examples

“[T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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