单词 | pseudo-philosopher |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudo-philosopher pseudo-philosopher n. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdəʊfᵻˈlɒsəfə/ , U.S. /ˌsudoʊfəˈlɑsəfər/ [compare Byzantine Greek ψευδοϕιλόσοϕος (5th cent.)] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] > pseudo-philosopher foolosopher1549 philosophaster1611 pseudo-philosopher1749 philosophling1815 plausible1831 philosophunculist1840 pseudosopher1843 1749 B. Martin Panegyrick Newtonian Philos. 21 We now see it clearly prov'd that Light is not a Quality of Bodies, (as the Pseudo Philosophers taught). 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 63 The tenets professed by its votaries, if not directly atheistical, had so much tendency thereto, that it was difficult to apply any other appellation to the faith of these pseudo philosophers. 1966 Eng. Stud. 47 154 In the mid-twentieth century the typical Bohemian has become the beatnik poet or pseudo~philosopher. 1993 NewsLine Royal Bank of Scotl. (BNC) Please don't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that, of course, he fully understands the Bank's attitude. < as lemmas |
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