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pansophy

[ pan-suh-fee ]

noun

  1. universal wisdom or knowledge.


pansophy

/ ˈpænsəfɪ; pænˈsɒfɪk /

noun

  1. universal knowledge


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Derived Forms

  • pansophic, adjective
  • panˈsophically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • pan·soph·ic [pan-, sof, -ik], pan·sophi·cal adjective
  • pan·sophi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pansophy1

First recorded in 1635–45; pan- + -sophy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pansophy1

C17: from New Latin pansophia; see pan- , -sophy

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Example Sentences

All sciences there shall be one pansophy; and all things knowable shall appear to you in their wondrous, perfect harmony.

A short account of the Via Lucis will be my only attempt to elucidate the mysteries of "pansophy."

Further study of Komenský's works on pansophy has not given me a higher opinion of their value.

Philosophy she lacked, but theosophy, which is a pansophy, she possessed—when she did not need it.

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