'Sophistic' definitions:
Definition of 'sophistic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to sophists
adjective
Plausible but misleading [syn: sophistic, sophistical]
Definition of 'Sophistic'
From: GCIDE
- Sophistic \So*phis"tic\, Sophistical \So*phis"tic*al\, a. [L. sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.] Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound. [1913 Webster]
- His argument . . . is altogether sophistical. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] -- {So*phis"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {So*phis"tic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sophistic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baseless,
- bogus,
- captious,
- casuistical,
- deceptive,
- fallacious,
- false,
- groundless,
- hypocritical,
- invalid,
- irrational,
- mad,
- misleading,
- nonrational,
- reasonless,
- sham,
- sophistical,
- specious,
- unreasonable,
- unsound,
- untenable