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sophistic
adjective so·phis·tic \sä-ˈfis-tik, sə-\
Definition of SOPHISTIC
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: plausible but fallacious <sophistic reasoning>
— so·phis·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of SOPHISTIC
so·phis·tic or so·phis·ti·cal \-ti-kəl\
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First Known Use of SOPHISTIC
15th century
Rhymes with SOPHISTIC
artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic
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