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pansophism

American  
[pan-suh-fiz-uhm] / ˈpæn səˌfɪz əm /

noun

  1. a claim or pretension to pansophy.

Other Word Forms

  • pansophist noun

Etymology

Origin of pansophism

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

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

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