| 单词 | sophist |
| 释义 | sophist (once / 8074 pages) n A sophist is someone who makes good points about an issue — until you realize those points aren't entirely true, like a political candidate who twists an opponent's words or gives misleading facts during a speech. Sophist has the accent on the first syllable: "SAW fist." It comes from the Greek word sophizesthai, meaning "to become wise or learned, deceive." In fact, deceit was just part of the job for the ancient Greek philosophers called Sophists. The cleverness of the Sophists prevented students from seeing that the Sophists' arguments didn't reach logical conclusions — and the Sophists kept their paying students coming back for more. WORD FAMILYsophist: sophistical, sophists+/sophism: sophisms, sophist, sophistic/sophistic: sophistically USAGE EXAMPLES“Probably? You sound like a sophist, boy. Hasn’t it always fallen before?” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) And still GOP leaders hide behind broad and bland references to “victims and their families,” apparently a sophist euphemism for queer. Time(Jun 14, 2016) Chait is a skilled writer, and an even more skilled sophist. Salon(Nov 13, 2015) n someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious Syn|Hyper casuist ratiocinator, reasoner someone who reasons logically Sophist (once / 25095 pages) n WORD FAMILY Sophist: Sophists USAGE EXAMPLESPeople who sought out the Sophists were primarily interested in furthering their political careers. Salon(Nov 08, 2014) Lucian, about the middle of the second century, speaks of Jesus as the crucified Sophist. Westbrook, Richard B., The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys t...(2012) It is presumably short for Sophist; but all Americans will recognise it as the origin of their "Sophomore." Conybeare, Edward, Highways and Byways in Cambridge an...(2012) n any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects Hyper philosopher a specialist in philosophy |
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