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philosophunculist

UK/fɪˌlɒsəˈfʌŋkjʊlɪst/

philosophunculist noun: a minor or insignificant philosopher; someone who claims philosophical expertise that they do not possess.

Noun

philosophunculist (plural philosophunculists)

  1. (rare) A minor or insignificant philosopher; someone who claims philosophical expertise that they do not possess.
    • The unsettled races of the north, constituting the Chartists, are Scotch philosophunculists and Irish savages, or the children of such.1840 May, Fraser's Magazine, volume 21, page 588
    • But you know, or should know, that I am a senior philosophunculist on active duty.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

Forms of philosophunculist

pluralphilosophunculists

Origin of philosophunculist

From philosophuncule + -ist.

Questions about philosophunculist

What does philosophunculist mean?
Philosophunculist means a minor or insignificant philosopher; someone who claims philosophical expertise that they do not possess.
What part of speech is philosophunculist?
Philosophunculist is a noun.
How do you pronounce philosophunculist?
Philosophunculist is pronounced /fɪˌlɒsəˈfʌŋkjʊlɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of philosophunculist?
The plural of philosophunculist is philosophunculists.

Words near philosophunculist in the dictionary

  1. philosophizings
  2. philosophobia
  3. philosophocracy
  4. philosophress
  5. philosophresses
  6. philosophunculist
  7. philosophunculists
  8. philosophy
  9. philosophy of mind
  10. philosophy of science
  11. philosophying

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