Non-sophistic


[suh-fis-tik] /səˈfɪs tɪk/

adjective
1.
of the nature of ; fallacious.
2.
characteristic or suggestive of .
3.
given to the use of .
4.
of or relating to or .
/səˈfɪstɪk/
adjective
1.
of or relating to sophists or sophistry
2.
consisting of sophisms or sophistry; specious
adj.

1540s, from Latin sophisticus, from Greek sophistikos “like a sophist, sophistical,” from sophistes (see sophist). Related: Sophistical (late 15c.); sophistically (late 14c.).

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