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Which word fits this meaning? A person who uses clever but misleading reasoning; also a member of an ancient Greek teaching tradition.
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Reveal word and examples sophist The debater sounded like a sophist when he defended every contradiction with wordplay. Dictionary practice example. Another speaker acted like a sophist, cleverly claiming that anyone who criticized an existing rule must oppose the society itself. From Which Traditions Deserve to Continue? . Full dictionary entry How did you do before revealing the answer?
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