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sophist

noun as in devil's advocate

noun as in logician

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noun as in pedagogue

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noun as in philosopher

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noun as in thinker

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If his Ethicist gig ever winds up feeling too constricting, he can always launch a column called The Sophist.

He traces the Sophist by descending subdivision from the acquisitive genus of art.

The Sophist is a hunter of walking animals: which may be divided into two classes, wild and tame.

Again, we may find the Sophist by descending through a different string of subordinate classes from the genus — Acquisitive Art.

The application of this Elenchus is the work of the Sophist, looked at on its best side.

The Sophist is traced down, from the genus of separating or discriminating art.

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On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sophist, such as: apologist, pleader, and polemicist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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