1. a teacher of philosophy in ancient Greece, especially one with an attitude of doubting that statements are true

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2. a person who uses clever but wrong argumentsTopics
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek sophistÄ“s, from sophizesthai ‘devise, become wise’, from sophos ‘wise’.

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