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unphilosophy

unphilosophy noun: that which is not philosophy.

Noun

unphilosophy (uncountable)

  1. That which is not philosophy.
    • Every single fall or rise of nature's work was kind to her, and led her into various veins of inductive unphilosophy.1883, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale, page 150
    • By the production of the semblance of indifference and the unknowingly yet arbitrarily chosen superstitious dependence, the indifference produced by unphilosophy goes precisely in this sense hand in hand with an increase of the dependence on the indifferent external things, which is why these...2023, Frank Ruda, Indifference and Repetition
    Synonyms:
    nonphilosophy

Synonyms of unphilosophy

Origin of unphilosophy

From un- + philosophy.

Questions about unphilosophy

What does unphilosophy mean?
Unphilosophy means that which is not philosophy.
What part of speech is unphilosophy?
Unphilosophy is a noun.

Words near unphilosophy in the dictionary

  1. unphilosophising
  2. unphilosophize
  3. unphilosophized
  4. unphilosophizes
  5. unphilosophizing
  6. unphilosophy
  7. unphlegmatic
  8. unphlegmatically
  9. unphonated
  10. unphoned
  11. unphonemic

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