sophistic
Example Sentences
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“Lying flat is my sophistic movement,” he wrote, referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a barrel.
From Washington Post
These policies have caused Facebook employees to push back against Zuckerberg's policies, including staging a virtual walkout in June to protest the company allowing Trump's violent and sophistic posts to remain on their site.
From Salon
Zuckerberg's attitude towards the role of social media in serving as an arbiter of truth differs from his peers at Snapchat and, recently, Twitter, which made an about-face in its policies around Trump's sophistic tweets.
From Salon
Capitalism, and its inability for considerations of the environment as anything beyond an "externality," got us into this mess; the idea that it would get us out is laughable at best, sophistic at worst.
From Salon
The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
