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Sophist is an English word with synonyms like philosopher or casuist. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sophist meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
  2. A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
  3. One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.

Synonyms of Sophist

philosopher casuist reasoner ratiocinator

Related words

Other words often associated with Sophist or its synonyms:

thinker student scholar mortal individual bookman somebody person soul someone

Using Sophist

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators. | A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning. | One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
  • Useful related words include: philosopher, casuist, reasoner, ratiocinator.
  • In the example corpus, sophist often appears in combinations such as: the sophist, plato's sophist.

Context around Sophist

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

modern 1× practicing 1× word 1×

Often after:

gorgias 1× edited 1×

Sentence patterns with Sophist

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a modern sophist might say 1× a practicing sophist 1× in the sophist s shoes 1× is a sophist and defends 1× of the sophist as a 1× plato s sophist being same 1× plato s sophist edited and 1× socrates the sophist gorgias and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abusing the orphan 1× for example dialectic 1× hence protagoras believed 1× in fact they 1× in the apology 1× in the meno 1×

Common sentence endings:

a practicing sophist 1× california press 1989 1× comes from sophistes 1× idea 166a 168c 1× of greater intelligibility 1× of the young 1×

Words around Sophist

Just before it in the word index:

sophism 1 sophie 904 sophiatx 2 sophiatown 16 sophian 2 sophia 567

Just after it in the word index:

sophistic 4 sophisticate 4 sophisticated 1.363 sophisticatedly 2 sophisticates 2 sophistication 246

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Sophist

  • In this selection, "sophist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, modern, practicing, word, gorgias and edited stand out and add context to how "sophist" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a modern sophist might say and a practicing sophist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sophist" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sophist

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The word for "sophist" in various languages comes from sophistes. (10 words)

The word "sophist" could also be combined with other Greek words to form compounds. (14 words)

For example, dialectic occurs between Socrates, the Sophist, Gorgias, and two men, Polus and Callicles in Plato's Gorgias. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

In fact, they've fallen short of it but – difficult as it is for me to understand – a modern sophist might say that these last years have actually demanded a reduction in conscience and feeling in the name of greater intelligibility. (41 words)

The works of Plato and Aristotle have had much influence on the modern view of the "sophist" as a greedy instructor who uses rhetorical sleight-of-hand and ambiguities of language in order to deceive, or to support fallacious reasoning. (40 words)

Abusing the "orphan" of Protagoras Since Protagoras is dead, Socrates puts himself in the sophist's shoes and tries to do him the favor of defending his idea (166a-168c). (30 words)

Example sentences (11)

Abusing the "orphan" of Protagoras Since Protagoras is dead, Socrates puts himself in the sophist's shoes and tries to do him the favor of defending his idea (166a-168c).

For example, dialectic occurs between Socrates, the Sophist, Gorgias, and two men, Polus and Callicles in Plato's Gorgias.

Hence, Protagoras believed that the sophist was there to teach the student how to discriminate between them, i.e., to teach "virtue".

In fact, they've fallen short of it but – difficult as it is for me to understand – a modern sophist might say that these last years have actually demanded a reduction in conscience and feeling in the name of greater intelligibility.

In the Apology, Socrates tries to dismiss rumors that he is a sophist and defends himself against charges of disbelief in the gods and corruption of the young.

In the Meno he is said to have died at approximately the age of 70, after 40 years as a practicing Sophist.

Marsilio Ficino's Interpretation of Plato's Sophist, edited and translated by Michael J. B. Allen, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.

The most important determinate natures are the Greatest Kinds from Plato's Sophist (Being, Same, Other, Rest, Motion) and Aristotle's ten categories (Quantity, Quality, etc.).

The word for "sophist" in various languages comes from sophistes.

The word "sophist" could also be combined with other Greek words to form compounds.

The works of Plato and Aristotle have had much influence on the modern view of the "sophist" as a greedy instructor who uses rhetorical sleight-of-hand and ambiguities of language in order to deceive, or to support fallacious reasoning.

Common combinations with sophist

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sophist" in a sentence?
An example: "Abusing the "orphan" of Protagoras Since Protagoras is dead, Socrates puts himself in the sophist's shoes and tries to do him the favor of defending his idea (166a-168c)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sophist" from authentic English texts.
What does "sophist" mean?
Sophist means: Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
What are synonyms of "sophist"?
Common synonyms of "sophist" include: philosopher, casuist, reasoner, ratiocinator.
How many example sentences with "sophist" are there?
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