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unphilosophize

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To degrade from the character of a philosopher; to act in an unphilosophical way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • December 14, 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison But we must return (thro' our very condition of being) to our narrow selves, and those things that affect our selves: our passions, our interests, flow in upon us, and unphilosophise us into meer mortals

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History

Etymology

From un- + philosophize.