Alternative letter-case form of sophistic

Alternative letter-case form of sophistic (“pertaining to the sophists”)

Pertaining to the ancient sophists. / Sophistical.

(historical, philosophy) The sophists of antiquity, in general or of a specific period; their beliefs and method.

In a sophistical fashion.

present participle of sophisticate

One who sophisticates.

plural of sophisticator

Enlightenment or education. / Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. / Deceptive logic; sophistry. / Falsification or contamination. / Complexity. / Ability to deal with complexity.

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan. / Elegant, refined. / Complicated, especially of complex technology. / Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.