单词 | unphilosophic |
释义 | unphilosophicadj.n. Not philosophic; esp. lacking a grounding or basis in philosophy or (formerly) natural philosophy. Also as n.: (with the) unphilosophic people considered collectively or as a type. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] > unscientific unphilosophical1647 unphilosophic1680 unscientific1813 unphysical1874 1680 L. Maidwell Loving Enemies ii. 14 Ah how dark and erroneous are the sentiments of the unphilosophick. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 104 To foresee this definition deemed, forthwith, by the acute as unphilosophic. 1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 189 Those censures, which unphilosophic severity may throw on him. 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 23 Dec. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1902) I. viii. 388 There are some strangely unphilosophic opinions mixed with its hardy philosophy. 1887 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 516 Reasoning by analogy, of the crudest, baldest, most unscientific and unphilosophic form. 1913 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Sept. 13/7 It is very unphilosophic to reject the Bible or try to discredit it. 2002 R. Siegfried From Elements to Atoms 7 Chemists generally have been an unphilosophic lot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1680 |
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