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sophism, n. See - sophistry.
sophist, n. 1. casuist, paralogist, paralogican, Jesuit, circuitous reasoner or arguer; quibbler, specious arguer, equivocator, SI. waffler, fudger; liar, prevaricator, dissembler, deceiver, caviler; evader, dodger, Inf. weasel; hedger, doubletalker, back-tracker, back-pedaler; tergiversator, vacillator; quack, charlatan, Inf. fake.
2. scholar, savant, man of letters, learned person; sage, philosopher, intellectual, highbrow, Inf. egghead, Inf. brain, Inf walking encyclopedia; authority, expert, pundit.
sophistic, adj. fallacious, false, unsound, faulty, flawed, imperfect, Inf full of holes; inaccurate, specious, spurious, erroneous, mistaken, incorrect, Logic. paralogistic; quibbling, casuistical, subtle, captious, jesuitic, jesuitical, sophisticated; illogical, irrational, SI. cockeyed, SI. cockamamie; unfounded, baseless, ungrounded, groundless; untenable, invalid.
sophisticate, n. 1. man or woman of the world, man about town, playboy, city boy, cosmopolite, cosmopolitan, citizen of the world, world traveler; connoisseur, gourmet, one of impeccable taste, one who knows his way around, one who's been around.
-v. 2. indoctrinate in the ways of the world, open [s.o.'s] eyes, show around, expose to harsh reality; disillusion, rob of one's illusions, disenchant; educate, cultivate, refine, take the rough edges off.
3. mislead, misguide, misdirect, delude, deceive; pervert, corrupt, adulterate, debase, defile; distort, garble, misinterpret, misstate, warp, stretch, twist, falsify, doctor.
4. quibble, equivocate, lead around Robin Hood's barn, beat around the bush, doubletalk, beg the question; palter, parry, sidestep, split hairs, cavil, fence, tergiversate.
sophisticated, adj. 1. worldly-wise, knowing, knowledgeable, in the know, SI. hip, SI. hep, SI. cool, SI. with it; slick, suave, urbane, citified, worldly, cosmopolitan, at home anywhere; polished, refined, cultured, educated, Ivy League; elegant, stylish, chichi; in society, very social, jet-set, SI. swinging; realistic, practical, hard-headed, hard-boiled; experienced, seasoned, inured, not born yesterday, not easily surprised or shocked, nobody's fool; blas6, unimpressed, unimpressionable, jaded, world-weary.
2. high-toned, highbrow, intellectual, epicurean, gourmet.
3. deceptive, misleading, deceiving, delusive, fallacious, specious; unsound, faulty, Inf phony, counterfeit, traveling under false colors, two-faced, bogus, sham.
4. (of processes and machinery) complicated, complex, intricate, multifaceted; advanced, very modern, latest, highly developed, fancy, excellent.
sophistication, n. 1. worldliness, knowledgeableness, knowledgeability, wide experience; urbanity, suaveness, suavity, tact, savoir-faire; polish, finesse, refinement, knowing what fork to use, culture; elegance, savoir-vivre, style, graciousness; good taste, tastefulness, discrimination, discernment, awareness; civility, decorum, gentility; politeness, politesse, graciousness, poise; adaptability, practicality, hard-headedness, knowing which way the wind blows or which side one's bread is buttered on.
2. debasement, degradation, corruption, perversion, defilement, prostitution; impairment, vitiation, spoliation, ruination.
3. quibble, equivocation, sophism. See - sophistry.
sophistry, n. sophism, philosophism, casuistry, jesuitism, illogicality, irrationality, elenchus; fallacy, Logic, paralogism, Logic, antilogism; subterfuge, feint, dodge, stratagem; subtlety, quibble, cavil; misrepresentation, untruth, equivocation, deception, prevarication.
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