Even a sophist who deceives without deceiving himself is not yet an impostor, as long as he confines himself to the authority of reason, even though he abuses it.
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Sophist
//ˈsoʊfɪst//
Synonyms for "sophist" (29 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σοφιστής noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Arabic
2 entries- سَفْسَطَائِيّ noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
- سَفْسَطِيّ noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Catalan
2 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofista noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Czech
2 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofista noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Danish
2 entries- sofist noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofist noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Esperanto
1 entries- sofisto noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Galician
2 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofista noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
German
3 entries- Sophist noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- Sophist noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
- Sophistin noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Greek
2 entries- σοφιστής noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- σοφιστής noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Italian
1 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Persian
1 entries- سوفیست noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Portuguese
2 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofista noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Romanian
2 entries- sofist noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sofist noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sòfist noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sòfist noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Sicilian
2 entries- sufista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
- sufista noun (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Spanish
1 entries- sofista noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- sofist noun (ancient teacher of rhetoric, etc.)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom is a sophist.
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Tom's a sophist.
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You're a sophist.
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