sophist
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Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard historian, said the positions held by the company and Mr. Tillerson still constitute climate denial, but in a “clever and sophist icated” form.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2016
This supposed techno-libertarian renegade, this poster child for the melding of microchips and humanist values, had become just another billionaire sophist.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2011
How does he listen to this sophist and then earnestly ask if he can, “with right and conscience,” make a claim to the French throne?
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2011
He was ultimately a sophist, who liked to convince himself of the rightness of views that were indefensible.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2011
Rather than teach a series of tricks and tips for momentary success in speaking, as any catchpenny sophist might, Aristotle sought to form a coherent view of why those tips and tricks worked.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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