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philosophistical

philosophistical is the alternative form of philosophistic.

Meaning of philosophistic

Adjective

philosophistic (comparative more philosophistic, superlative most philosophistic)

  1. Exhibiting a love of or tendency toward sophistry; pertaining to spurious philosophy.
    • That many philosophistic and superstitious conceits have been mixed with it, in process of time, proves nothing against the general fact as stated.1845, Moses Stuart, A Commentary on the Apocalypse - Volume 2, page 420

Forms of philosophistical

comparativemore philosophistical
superlativemost philosophistical

Questions about philosophistical

What is philosophistical the alternative form of?
Philosophistical is the alternative form of philosophistic.

Words near philosophistical in the dictionary

  1. philosophisings
  2. philosophism
  3. philosophisms
  4. philosophist
  5. philosophistic
  6. philosophistical
  7. philosophists
  8. philosophizability
  9. philosophizable
  10. philosophization
  11. philosophizations

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