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sophistic

[ suh-fis-tik ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  2. characteristic or suggestive of sophistry.
  3. given to the use of sophistry.
  4. of or relating to sophists or sophistry.


sophistic

/ əˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to sophists or sophistry
  2. consisting of sophisms or sophistry; specious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󾱲پ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·󾱲·پ·· adverb
  • ·󾱲·پ··Ա noun
  • ·پ··󾱲·پ adjective
  • ԴDz··󾱲·پ adjective
  • ԴDz··󾱲·پ· adjective
  • non··󾱲·پ·· adverb
  • non··󾱲·پ··Ա noun
  • ܲ··󾱲·پ adjective
  • ܲ··󾱲·پ· adjective
  • un··󾱲·پ·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sophistic1

1540–50; < Latin sophisticus < Greek DZ󾱲پó, equivalent to sophist ( ḗs ) ( sophist ) + -ikos -ic
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It’s a kind of sophistic logic, suggesting that a White person can’t be racist if they have once helped a Black person, he said.

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“Lying flat is my sophistic movement,” he wrote, referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a barrel.

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These policies have caused Facebook employees to push back against Zuckerberg's policies, including staging a virtual walkout in June to protest the company allowing Trump's violent and sophistic posts to remain on their site.

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Earlier this month dozens of telecommuting Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout to oppose CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to take a strong stance against the racist, violent and sophistic content posted by President Donald Trump.

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Zuckerberg's attitude towards the role of social media in serving as an arbiter of truth differs from his peers at Snapchat and, recently, Twitter, which made an about-face in its policies around Trump's sophistic tweets.

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