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单词 philosophist
释义

philosophist

/fɪˈlɒsəfɪst/
noun
1An expert in or student of philosophy; = philosopher. rare.
2Usually derogatory. An adherent or practitioner of what is held to be erroneous speculation or philosophy; especially an adherent of any rationalist or sceptical philosophical system.
  • In early use applied specifically to the writers and thinkers of the French Enlightenment..

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Puttenham (1529–?1591), writer and literary critic. From philosophy + -ist.

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