Demosophy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Demosophy is a noun meaning (folkloristics, sociology, rare) the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom.
Meaning
(folkloristics, sociology, rare) the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom.
Example Sentences
Elaboration of demosophy as a special doctrine assumes a new sociology of knowledge.
The central concept of Kohn is “demosophy,” a sort of sociology, which is not only observing, but creative and rejuvenating.
As democracy is a system to manage power, balancing individual interests through collective rule, so demosophy would be a system to manage knowledge, balancing individual experiences through collective wisdom.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include philosophy, philosophie, phylosophie, foolosophy, phylosophy, sophy.
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