philosophism

[ fi-los-uh-fiz-uhm ]

/ fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm /

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noun

spurious or deceitful philosophy.

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

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Origin of philosophism

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

OTHER WORDS FROM philosophism

an·ti·phi·los·o·phism, noun

Words nearby philosophism

philosophers' stone, philosophes, philosophical, philosophical analysis, philosophical logic, philosophism, philosophize, philosophy, philosophy of life, -philous, philter

How to use philosophism in a sentence

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
The Feds alone still treat it as a philosophism, and would rejoice at its failure.
First Across the Continent|Noah Brooks
In the forefront appears the fixed and favorite idea of the old-fashioned philosophism.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6)|Hippolyte A. Taine
Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger

French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury