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Webster 1913 Edition

Philosophism

Phi-los′o-phism

(fĭ-lŏs′ō̍-fĭz’m)

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

philosophisme

.]

Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.

Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Philosophism

PHILOS'OPHISM

,

Noun.

[Gr. a lover, and sophism.]

1.

The love of fallacious arguments or false reasoning.

2.

The practice of sophistry.