pansophismn.
/ˈpansəfɪz(ə)m/, /panˈsɒfɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpænsəˌfɪz(ə)m/, /pænˈsoʊˌfɪz(ə)m/ = pansophy n.Contrasted with pansophy in not generally being used with any reference to Comenius.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of
universality1605
polymathy1642
all-knowingness1674
pansophia1674
pansophy1792
polyhistory1799
multiscience1816
encyclopaedism1833
universalism1838
omnisciencea1845
know-everythingism1855
pansophism1868
1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Dec. 12 As a general rule..the attempt at pansophism, even in the arts, must end in pansciolism.
1943 Jrnl. Sociol. 48 782/2 Our educational establishments look either toward an irrelevant ‘pansophism’ such as the ancients aspired to, or to a blind specialization such as prevails among our contemporaries.
1990 Lit. & Ling. Computing 5 59/1 Isolated individuals researching within their own disciplines were working against the grain of an archive in which pansophism and interconnection within the totality of knowledge were so much the central principle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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