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demosophy

demosophy noun: the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom.

Noun

demosophy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom
    • Elaboration of demosophy as a special doctrine assumes a new sociology of knowledge.1931, Social Science Abstracts, volume 3, part 2, page 1332
    • The central concept of Kohn is “demosophy,” a sort of sociology, which is not only observing, but creative and rejuvenating.1937, Antonín Obrdlík, Bruno Zwicker, Survey of Recent Sociological Production in Czechoslovakia in American Sociological Review, volume 2, number 3, American Sociological Association, page 426

Origin of demosophy

From demo- + -sophy.

Questions about demosophy

What does demosophy mean?
Demosophy means the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom.
What part of speech is demosophy?
Demosophy is a noun.

Words near demosophy in the dictionary

  1. demoscenes
  2. demoscening
  3. demoscopic
  4. demoscopy
  5. demoses
  6. demosophy
  7. demosponge
  8. demospongean
  9. demosponges
  10. demospongian
  11. demospongians

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