sophistic
sop·his·tic
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to sophists
2.
plausible but misleading
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós). Equivalent to sophist + -ic and sophism + -istic.
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