unphilosophize

English

Alternative forms

unphilosophise

Etymology

From un- +‎ philosophize.

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

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