philosophism
[fi-los-uh-fiz-uh m]
- spurious or deceitful philosophy.
- a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive.
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Origin of philosophism
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Philosophism, as Carlyle calls it, is the ruling spirit of his work.
French ArtW. C. Brownell
French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical.
A Short History of French LiteratureGeorge Saintsbury
Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium.
The Choctaw FreedmenRobert Elliott Flickinger
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 ParisHonore de Balzac
The Feds alone still treat it as a philosophism, and would rejoice at its failure.
First Across the ContinentNoah Brooks