philosophism

American  

[fi-los-uh-fiz-uhm] / fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm /

noun

1. spurious or deceitful philosophy.

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

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Other Word Forms

• antiphilosophism
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of philosophism

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

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Example Sentences

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philosophism

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 Honoré de Balzac

In the forefront appears the fixed and favorite idea of the old-fashioned philosophism.

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand

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 Noah Brooks

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 Juan Antonio Llorente

It was Dr. Lind, according to Hogg, who gave Shelley his first lessons in French philosophism.

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

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