fallacious reasoner
1sophist — n. Quibbler, captious reasoner, fallacious reasoner, artful logician …
2Sophist — Soph ist, n. [F. sophiste, L. sophistes, fr. Gr. ?. See {Sophism}.] 1. One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled… …
3sophist — noun Etymology: Latin sophista, from Greek sophistēs, literally, expert, wise man, from sophizesthai to become wise, deceive, from sophos clever, wise Date: 14th century 1. philosopher 2. capitalized any of a class of ancient Greek teachers of… …
4sophist — /sof ist/, n. 1. (often cap.) Gk. Hist. a. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. b. a person belonging to this class at a later …
5sophister — /sof euh steuhr/, n. 1. a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner. 2. Chiefly Brit. (esp. formerly) a second or third year student at a university. 3. Obs. an ancient Greek sophist. [1350 1400; ME < MF sophistre < L sophista. See SOPHIST] * * * …
6paralogism — /pəˈrælədʒɪzəm/ (say puh raluhjizuhm) noun 1. a piece of false or fallacious reasoning, especially (distinguished from sophism) one of whose falseness the reasoner is not conscious. 2. reasoning of this kind. {Greek paralogismos false reasoning}… …
