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SOPHISTIC

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plausible but misleading

Synonyms:

sophistic; sophistical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

invalid (having no cogency or legal force)

Derivation:

sophism (a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone)

sophist (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to sophists

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sophist (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)

Derivation:

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

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