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unphilosophise

unphilosophise is the alternative form of unphilosophize.

Meaning of unphilosophize

Verb

unphilosophize (third-person singular simple present unphilosophizes, present participle unphilosophizing, simple past and past participle unphilosophized)

  1. (transitive) To degrade from the character of a philosopher; to act in an unphilosophical way.
    • December 14, 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison
      But we must return (thro' our very condition of being) to our narrow selves, and those things that affect our selves: our passions, our interests, flow in upon us, and unphilosophise us into meer mortals

Forms of unphilosophise

third-person singular presentunphilosophises
present participleunphilosophising
past participleunphilosophised
pastunphilosophised

Questions about unphilosophise

What is unphilosophise the alternative form of?
Unphilosophise is the alternative form of unphilosophize.

Words near unphilosophise in the dictionary

  1. unphilosophers
  2. unphilosophic
  3. unphilosophical
  4. unphilosophically
  5. unphilosophicalness
  6. unphilosophise
  7. unphilosophised
  8. unphilosophises
  9. unphilosophising
  10. unphilosophize
  11. unphilosophized

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