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单词 geosophy
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geosophyn.

Brit. /dʒɪˈɒsəfi/, U.S. /dʒiˈɑsəfi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: geo- comb. form, -sophy comb. form.
Etymology: < geo- comb. form + -sophy comb. form, probably after German Geosophie (1809 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin geosophia geodesy, land measurement (1562 or earlier).Probably not connected with the following proposal of geosophia as a term for the study of solid matter:1816 A. B. Woodward Syst. Universal Sci. 294 The term geösophia..I should have preferred, as the name of the first science.
Geographical knowledge as a whole; the study of this.
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1887 J. F. Heyes in Liverpool Univ. Coll. Mag. 2 40 To gather material from and return fruits to the various branches of physical and human knowledge or experiences should be the aim of Geosophy.
1888 J. F. Heyes in Asiatic Q. Rev. Apr. 469 In the days of an Asiatic Review, to say nothing of other sources of knowledge, it is instructive to see what an extraordinary basis of Geosophy Prince Charles and his statesmen would have had for dealing with Eastern questions had they then arisen.
1919 F. Schrader Found. of Geogr. in 20th Cent. 25 Geography, if our hopes are not vain, will add to the whole of the sciences a large contribution to the natural and human harmonization. I dare say, a sort of Geosophy.
1947 J. K. Wright in Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 37 11 I wish to dwell here and now more particularly upon the second type of investigation, the study of geographical knowledge... My term is geosophy.
2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Sept. l3 Random thoughts about geosophy, the whole field of geographical knowledge, guided the hand of Rose..as he took these shots and melded them together with a squeaky, mournful sound track.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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