philosophism
Americannoun
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spurious or deceitful philosophy.
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a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive.
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Etymology
Origin of philosophism
First recorded in 1785–95; philosoph(y) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Burke attempted to brand with a new name that set of pert, petulant, sophistical sciolists, whose philosophy the French, since their revolutionary period, have distinguished as philosophism, and the philosophers themselves as philosophistes.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
Many Spaniards, some of illustrious birth and others of great learning, were the objects of secret informations, as suspected of impiety and philosophism.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
In the forefront appears the fixed and favorite idea of the old-fashioned philosophism.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John
The Feds alone still treat it as a philosophism, and would rejoice at its failure.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah
Piety is a womanly virtue which women alone can really instil; and the Marquise, a child of the eighteenth century, had adopted her father's creed of philosophism, and practised no religious observances.
From A Woman of Thirty by Balzac, Honoré de
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