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Philosophism

Philosophism \Phi*los"o*phism\ (f[i^]*l[o^]s"[-o]*f[i^]z'm), n. Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
--Carlyle.

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philosophism

n. spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry

Usage examples of "philosophism".

The Feds alone still treat it as a philosophism, and would rejoice at its failure.