philosophism

[ fi-los-uh-fiz-uh m ]

/ fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm /

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noun

spurious or deceitful philosophy.

a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive.

Nearby words

philosophes, philosophical, philosophical analysis, philosophical anthropology, philosophical logic, philosophism, philosophize, philosophy, philosophy of life, philter, philtre

Origin of philosophism

First recorded in 1785–95; philosoph(y) + -ism

Related forms

an·ti·phi·los·o·phism, noun

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Examples from the Web for philosophism

French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
Philosophism knows only this: her other belief is mainly that, in spiritual supersensual matters no Belief is possible.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Philosophism, as we saw, has got her Turgot made Controller-General; and there shall be endless reformation.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Franklin owned to the fraud in Necker's house when he came to Paris, much to the confusion of French philosophism.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris|Honore de Balzac

Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger