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pansophism

[ pan-suh-fiz-uh m ]

/ ˈpæn səˌfɪz əm /

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noun

a claim or pretension to pansophy.

Nearby words

panromantic, pansexual, pansil, pansinusitis, panslavism, pansophism, pansophy, panspermia, pansy, pansystolic, pansystolic murmur

Origin of pansophism

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

Related formspan·so·phist, noun

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Examples from the Web for pansophism

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