Binette to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 6 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down157
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minus-square@j4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•6 months agoMy favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
minus-square@j4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue) Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.
My favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
What’s sophist mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue)
Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.