sophist
/ˈsɒfɪst/noun
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कुतर्की, वितंडावादी
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a person who uses clever arguments that seem correct but are in fact false, in order to persuade or trick people
कुतर्की, वितंडावादी
- He argued like a sophist.
- The lawyer was accused of being a sophist who twisted the facts.
- The debater was called a sophist for twisting simple facts.
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- Do not be a sophist who wins arguments with tricks.
- Critics dismissed the writer as a sophist.
Synonyms casuist quibbler equivocator rhetorician
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Synonyms
casuist quibbler equivocator rhetorician
AaSpelling
soph·ist
?Which word?
Keep the false-argument words together: sophistry, casuistry (clever but false reasoning, especially about moral questions), specious (seeming right but actually wrong: 'a specious argument'), fallacy (a false idea).
झूठे तर्क के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sophistry, casuistry (विशेषकर नैतिक प्रश्नों पर चतुर पर झूठा तर्क), specious (सही लगने वाला पर वास्तव में गलत: 'a specious argument'), fallacy (भ्रामक विचार, तर्कदोष)।
§Grammar and usage
The noun sophistry means the use of clever arguments that are false, to deceive people.
Noun sophistry का अर्थ लोगों को धोखा देने के लिए झूठे चतुर तर्कों का उपयोग, कुतर्क है।
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General knowledge
History: the Sophists were teachers in ancient Greece who taught rhetoric (persuasive speaking); Socrates and Plato criticized them.
इतिहास में Sophists प्राचीन यूनान के शिक्षक थे जो वक्तृता (प्रभावशाली भाषण) सिखाते थे; Socrates और Plato ने उनकी आलोचना की।