nnoun.personany of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjectsDerivationally Related Form:sophistic
Hypernyms:philosopher
Inherited Hypernyms:sophistphilosopherscholarintellectualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sophistphilosopherscholarintellectualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personsomeone whose reasoning is subtle and often speciousSynset:casuist
Derivationally Related Form:casuisticalcasuistrysophisticsophisticalsophism
Hypernyms:ratiocinator reasoner
Inherited Hypernyms:casuistreasonerthinkerintellectualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:casuistreasonerthinkerintellectualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity