sophist

Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.

A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.

One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.

[T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt.

Synonym of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”).

A teacher in Ancient Greece, particularly (derogatory) teachers of oratory noted for their disingenuous argumentation and fallacious reasoning.

Alternative letter-case form of sophist, various figurative senses.