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unphilosophize

unphilosophize verb: to degrade from the character of a philosopher; to act in an unphilosophical way.

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 unphilosophize

third-person singular presentunphilosophizes
present participleunphilosophizing
past participleunphilosophized
pastunphilosophized

Origin of unphilosophize

From un- + philosophize.

Questions about unphilosophize

What does unphilosophize mean?
Unphilosophize means to degrade from the character of a philosopher; to act in an unphilosophical way.
What part of speech is unphilosophize?
Unphilosophize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unphilosophize?
The past tense of unphilosophize is unphilosophized.

Words near unphilosophize in the dictionary

  1. unphilosophicalness
  2. unphilosophise
  3. unphilosophised
  4. unphilosophises
  5. unphilosophising
  6. unphilosophize
  7. unphilosophized
  8. unphilosophizes
  9. unphilosophizing
  10. unphilosophy
  11. unphlegmatic

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