Meaning of philosophistic | Babel Free
Definitions
Exhibiting a love of or tendency toward sophistry; pertaining to spurious philosophy.
Examples
“That many philosophistic and superstitious conceits have⟳ been mixed with it, in process⟳ of time, proves nothing against the general fact as stated.”
“A philosophy of the French Revolution should take⟳ care to avoid⟳ such philosphistic procedures.”
“This premodern pitilessness Pettigrew deprecated, but he was less enthusiastic about aspects of modernity other than compassion, like⟳ “atheism, deism, and philosophistic religion, so prevalent in the soi-disant enlightened countries.”
“The real epochs are not exempt from philosophistic caprices; the ideal sometimes become⟳ converted into a mythology (though full of profound meanings).”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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