pansophism

[ pan-suh-fiz-uhm ]

noun

1. a claim or pretension to pansophy.

Other Words From

• panso·phist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pansophism¹

1865–70; < Greek pánsoph ( os ) all-wise + -ism. See pan-, sophism

Example Sentences

And here there necessarily entered the governing idea, encyclopædism or pansophism.

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