sophistic

adjective

so·phis·tic sä-ˈfi-stik

sə-

variants or sophistical

sä-ˈfi-sti-kəl

sə-

Synonyms of sophistic next

: of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists

sophistic rhetoric

sophistic subtleties

: plausible but fallacious

sophistic reasoning

sophistically

sä-ˈfi-sti-k(ə-)lē

sə-

adverb

Examples of sophistic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized. —

Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017

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