The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SOPHISTS which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2005.
Protagoras and Gorgias, notably crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SOPHISTS | 100 % | 8 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protagoras and Gorgias, notably
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sophist
 - aristotle
 - demosthenes
 - descartes
 - plato
 - socrates
 - augustine
 - mime
 - erasmus
 - herodotus
 - kant
 - ptolemy
 
Crossword Answer definitions
SOPHISTS noun- One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
 - A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
 - (by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
 
- A sophist.
 - (universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
 
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