sophistic
Example Sentences
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But perhaps its sophistic victim-blaming was better left unsaid.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2019
The presentation quickly collapses under Steve Bannon’s sophistic questioning.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018
The characters are treated with odd touches of realism and their sophistic arguments are stingingly psychologized.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017
For sheer sophistic jabberwocky and an excruciating reciprocity of cleverness Buckley's ideal Firing Line partner would be Marshall McLuhan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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What they had, perhaps, acquired from the sophistic movement was a touch of effrontery.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.