(transitive) To make less natural or innocent. / To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.

Not genuine; not pure; adulterated.

(uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.

Archaic spelling of Sufism.

plural of sophist

plural of sophism

A sophist. / (dated, UK, US, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.

plural of sophister

Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. / Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.

plural of sophisticate