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sophomoric

[sof-uh-mawr-ik, -mor-] / ˌsɒf əˈmɔr ɪk, -ˈmɒr- /


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He sounded a lot like someone whose hidden resentments had found expression in sophomoric ideologies!

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

If that sounds sophomoric, it’s only because it is.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2025

The world’s greatest assassin has been saddled with the world’s most sophomoric internal monologue.

From New York Times May 9, 2024

Released in 1992, “Stick Around for Joy” became the Sugarcubes’ third and final album, and it had given me “Hit,” a melodramatic song perfect for channeling my sophomoric woes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2024

And yet, as long as the million tiny cords that bound hum, Gulliver-like, went back to Rose, talk of breaking them was sophomoric foolishness.

From The Real Adventure by Raymond Moreau Crosby




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