a sophist is a form of:

Sophist



noun
1.
(a person who uses sophistry, a quibble in ancient Greece any of a group of teachers of rhetoric philosophy, etc) អ្នកអោយហេតុផលយ៉ាងឆ្លាត, វិរុទ្ធនិទស្សនវិទូ, ហារជំនាន់បូរាណ, បំភាន់
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) វិរុន្ធនិវិទូ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt.
2.
Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.