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pansophy

American  
[pan-suh-fee] / ˈpæn sə fi /

noun

  1. universal wisdom or knowledge.

pansophy British  
/ pænˈsɒfɪk, ˈpænsəfɪ /

noun

  1. universal knowledge

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Other Word Forms

  • pansophic adjective
  • pansophical adjective
  • pansophically adverb

Etymology

Origin of pansophy

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

Example Sentences

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Next in importance to pansophy or encyclopædism, and closely connected with it, is the principle that a knowledge of words and of things should go hand in hand.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

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

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

German philosophers made ready to seize upon it with huge mental biceps and labor to incorporate it beneficently into the Teuton pansophy.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver

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