philosophism

[ fi-los-uh-fiz-uhm ]

/ fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm /

noun

spurious or deceitful philosophy.

a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive.

Origin of philosophism

First recorded in 1785–95; philosoph(y) + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM philosophism

an·ti·phi·los·o·phism, noun

Words nearby philosophism

philosophers' stone, philosophes, philosophical, philosophical analysis, philosophical logic, philosophism, philosophize, philosophy, philosophy of life, -philous, philter

Example sentences from the Web for philosophism

French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
Philosophism knows only this: her other belief is mainly that, in spiritual supersensual matters no Belief is possible.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Philosophism, as we saw, has got her Turgot made Controller-General; and there shall be endless reformation.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Franklin owned to the fraud in Necker's house when he came to Paris, much to the confusion of French philosophism.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris|Honore de Balzac

Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger

单词	philosophism
释义	philosophism [ fi-los-uh-fiz-uhm ] / fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm / noun spurious or deceitful philosophy. a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive. Origin of philosophism First recorded in 1785–95; philosoph(y) + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM philosophism an·ti·phi·los·o·phism, noun Words nearby philosophism philosophers' stone, philosophes, philosophical, philosophical analysis, philosophical logic, philosophism, philosophize, philosophy, philosophy of life, -philous, philter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for philosophism French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical. A Short History of French Literature\|George Saintsbury Philosophism knows only this: her other belief is mainly that, in spiritual supersensual matters no Belief is possible. The French Revolution\|Thomas Carlyle Philosophism, as we saw, has got her Turgot made Controller-General; and there shall be endless reformation. The French Revolution\|Thomas Carlyle Franklin owned to the fraud in Necker's house when he came to Paris, much to the confusion of French philosophism. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris\|Honore de Balzac Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium. The Choctaw Freedmen\|Robert Elliott Flickinger
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