pseudosophyn.

Brit.

/s(j)uːˈdɒsəfi/, U.S.

/suˈdɑsəfi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, philosophy n.

Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + -sophy (in e.g. philosophy n.), after post-classical Latin pseudosophia (a1540; 1564 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψευδοσοϕία, both in sense ‘false wisdom’.Compare the following earlier unassimilated borrowing of the Latin or Greek word:1744 A. Hamilton Itinerarium 6 July in C. Bridenbaugh Gentleman's Progress (1992) 83 There was a necessity..for the others to admire his pseudosophia and quaintness of his speeches.

rare.

Sham or spurious philosophy; false wisdom.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > pseudo-philosophy

foolosophy1592

night-philosophy1677

pseudo-philosophya1817

pseudosophy1839

philosophastry1850

philosophistry1880

1839 C. Schoettgen in Comprehensive Comm. on Holy Bible V. 261/1 Those whom, before, no one could refute or contradict, afterward, were publicly and safely derided, God making the pseudosophy of both Jew and Gentile, folly.

1885 A. C. Swinburne Lamb & Wither in Misc. (1886) 197 Disbelievers in his pseudosophy.

1894 A. C. Swinburne in J. Drinkwater Eighteen-sixties (1932) 53 Metaphysicians who..wearied attention by the profitless lucubrations of pseudosophy.

1910 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 5 Feb. 10/4 The very latest blunder of Fra Elbertus Hubbard who exudes pseudosophy every morning for the delectation of those who read the Hearst editorial page.

1965 M. Choukas Propaganda comes of Age iii. 38 We could call it [sc. propaganda]..‘Pseudosophy’, which would point to the false understanding and the false wisdom that is purveyed to the people.

2000 F. Clark Godfaring Introd. p. xi One could use the terms ‘pseudosophy’ or ‘antisophy’, sham wisdom or anti-wisdom, as better names for such destructive thought systems.

Derivatives

pseudoˈsophical adj.

ΚΠ

1901 Congregationalist & Christian World 1 June 863/1 Cults, fads flourish—philosophical, theosophical, pseudo-sophical, for aught I know.

1902 A. C. Swinburne in Q. Rev. July 31 So consummate and pseudosophical a quack.

2000 F. Clark Godfaring Introd. p. xii The pseudosophical philosophers..are in fact a small minority in the history of human thought and experience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pseudosophy
释义	pseudosophyn. Brit. /s(j)uːˈdɒsəfi/, U.S. /suˈdɑsəfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, philosophy n. Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + -sophy (in e.g. philosophy n.), after post-classical Latin pseudosophia (a1540; 1564 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψευδοσοϕία, both in sense ‘false wisdom’.Compare the following earlier unassimilated borrowing of the Latin or Greek word:1744 A. Hamilton Itinerarium 6 July in C. Bridenbaugh Gentleman's Progress (1992) 83 There was a necessity..for the others to admire his pseudosophia and quaintness of his speeches. rare. Sham or spurious philosophy; false wisdom. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > pseudo-philosophy foolosophy1592 night-philosophy1677 pseudo-philosophya1817 pseudosophy1839 philosophastry1850 philosophistry1880 1839 C. Schoettgen in Comprehensive Comm. on Holy Bible V. 261/1 Those whom, before, no one could refute or contradict, afterward, were publicly and safely derided, God making the pseudosophy of both Jew and Gentile, folly. 1885 A. C. Swinburne Lamb & Wither in Misc. (1886) 197 Disbelievers in his pseudosophy. 1894 A. C. Swinburne in J. Drinkwater Eighteen-sixties (1932) 53 Metaphysicians who..wearied attention by the profitless lucubrations of pseudosophy. 1910 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 5 Feb. 10/4 The very latest blunder of Fra Elbertus Hubbard who exudes pseudosophy every morning for the delectation of those who read the Hearst editorial page. 1965 M. Choukas Propaganda comes of Age iii. 38 We could call it [sc. propaganda]..‘Pseudosophy’, which would point to the false understanding and the false wisdom that is purveyed to the people. 2000 F. Clark Godfaring Introd. p. xi One could use the terms ‘pseudosophy’ or ‘antisophy’, sham wisdom or anti-wisdom, as better names for such destructive thought systems. Derivatives pseudoˈsophical adj. ΚΠ 1901 Congregationalist & Christian World 1 June 863/1 Cults, fads flourish—philosophical, theosophical, pseudo-sophical, for aught I know. 1902 A. C. Swinburne in Q. Rev. July 31 So consummate and pseudosophical a quack. 2000 F. Clark Godfaring Introd. p. xii The pseudosophical philosophers..are in fact a small minority in the history of human thought and experience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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