Unphilosophize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To degrade from the character of a philosopher; to act in an unphilosophical way. transitive

    "December 14, 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison But we must return (thro' our very condition of being) to our narrow selves, and those things that affect our selves: our passions, our interests, flow in upon us, and unphilosophise us into meer mortals"

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"December 14, 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison But we must return (thro' our very condition of being) to our narrow selves, and those things that affect our selves: our passions, our interests, flow in upon us, and unphilosophise us into meer mortals"

Etymology

From un- + philosophize.

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