pansophism

[ pan-suh-fiz-uhm ]

noun

a claim or pretension to pansophy.

Origin of pansophism

¹

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

Other words from pansophism

pan·so·phist, noun

Words Nearby pansophism

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How to use pansophism in a sentence

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