pansophism

[pan-suh-fiz-uh m]

noun

a claim or pretension to pansophy.

Origin of pansophism

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

Related formspan·so·phist, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for pansophism

Historical Examples of pansophism

And here there necessarily entered the governing idea, encyclopædism or pansophism.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
Various