Root : soph
means wisdom/ wise.
Origin: Greek; ‘sophos’
PHILOSOPHY
noun
>> the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline.
>>> a set of views and theories of a particular philosopher concerning such study or an aspect of it.
>>> the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience.
>>> a theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior.
Usage :
The debate was a clash of rival socialist philosophies.
Mary’s mother doesn’t expect anything out of her in return, that’s her philosophy.
SOPHISTICATE
verb
>> cause to become less simple or straightforward through education or experience.
>>> develop into a more complex form.
>>> talk or reason in an impressively complex and educated manner.
noun
>> a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
Usage :
The meeting consisted of readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice.
John is still the primary element of jokes made by society’s sophisticates.
SOPHIST
noun
>> a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.
>>> a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.
Usage :
Republican sophists use rhetorical argument, albeit absent truth, to great success to refute the progressive left.
SOPHISM
noun
>> a fallacious argument, esp. one used deliberately to deceive.
Usage :
The sophism that I am attacking in this essay is all the more dangerous when applied to public works.
UNSOPHISTICATED
adjective
>> lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.
>>> not complicated or highly developed; basic.
>>> not artificial.
Usage:
When I last visited the village, it was still pristine and unsophisticated.
The program cannot be run on that computer, because the computer still runs on that unsophisticated software.
SOPHOMORE
noun
>> a second-year college or high school student.
Usage :
On saturday night, it was a sophomore who burst into spotlight for the top-ranked football team.