Philosophism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry countable, uncountable

    "French Philosophism has arisen; in which little word how much do we include! Here, indeed, lies properly the cardinal symptom of the whole wide-spread malady. Faith is gone out; Scepticism is come in."

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casuistrycircularityclaptrapdistortionequivocationfallacy

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"French Philosophism has arisen; in which little word how much do we include! Here, indeed, lies properly the cardinal symptom of the whole wide-spread malady. Faith is gone out; Scepticism is come in."

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Compare French philosophisme.

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