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soph·o·mor·ic (s

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adj.

1. Of or characteristic of a sophomore.

2. Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment: sophomoric behavior.

sopho·mori·cal·ly adv.

sophomoric - Includes the roots soph-, "wise," and moros, "fool"—so the contrast between wisdom and ignorance is built right into the word.

See also related terms for ignorance.

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ignorance			New Mexicans also got earfuls of sophomorically clever radio commercials satirizing Big Oil Bob and Healthcare Hal, also compliments of the Center for Civic Policy -- so more than electoral losers and paranoid primary survivors are curious about this group. OUR VIEW POLITICAL NONPROFITS CAN'T KEEP HIDING by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Despite Thomas's claims to be chronically, pill-poppingly depressed, his epistolary style is positively jaunty and his descriptions of the weekly coven initially suggest something rather more sophomorically nerdy than threatening. Blazing literati: a burning passion for books creates some heated ... by Harley, Graham / Literary Review of Canada The Bush administration sophomorically contends that FISA unconstitutionally encroaches on executive power. Presidential authority to gather foreign intelligence by Fein, Bruce / Presidential Studies Quarterly			soph. Sophi Sophia Sophia Loren Sophianism Sophic Sophie Tucker Sophime sophiology sophism sophist sophister sophistic sophistical sophisticate sophisticated sophistication Sophisticator sophistry Sophoclean Sophocles sophomania sophomore sophomore class sophomoric sophomorically Sophonias Sophora Sophora japonica Sophora secundiflora Sophora sinensis Sophora tetraptera Sophta Sophy Sopite Sopition sopor Soporate soporiferous soporific Soporose Sopper sopping soppy Sopra sopranino Sopranist soprano soprano clef sops Sops in wine			sophistries sophistry sophistry sophistry Sophists Sophists Sophists Sophmore Sophmore Sophoclean Sophoclean Sophocles Sophocles Sophoclese Sophoclese Sophokles Sophokles sophomania sophomore sophomore sophomore Sophomore Album Sophomore Album sophomore class Sophomore Medical Student Syndrome Sophomore Year Experience sophomores sophomores sophomoric sophomoric sophomorically Sophonias Sophonias Sophoniba Sophonisba Sophonisbe Sophont Sophont Sophont Sophont Sophora Sophora Sophora japonica Sophora Japonica Lectin Sophora microphylla Sophora microphylla Sophora secundiflora Sophora secundiflora Sophora sinensis Sophora teraptera Sophora teraptera Sophora tetraptera Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus Sophos Client Firewall Sophos Diagnostic Utility Sophrologie Sophrology SOPHT Sophta Sophus Lie

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