Pseudophilosophy

Quick meaning: Pseudophilosophy is a noun meaning (chiefly derogatory) Fake or very bad philosophy.

Meaning

(chiefly derogatory) Fake or very bad philosophy.

Example Sentences

If I were to say that the so-called philosophy of this fellow Hegel is a colossal piece of mystification which will yet provide posterity with an inexhaustible theme for laughter at our times, that it is a pseudophilosophy paralyzing all mental powers, stifling all real thinking, and, by the most outrageous misuse of language, putting in its place the hollowest, most senseless, thoughtless, and, as is confirmed by its success, most stupefying verbiage, I should be quite right.

Word Forms

• pseudophilosophies
• pseudo-philosophy

Synonyms for pseudophilosophy

Depending on context, synonyms include philosophastry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudo-philosophy, pseudophilosopher, philosophicide, philosophastering, pseudoproposition, pseudodox.

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