unphilosophize
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From un- + philosophize.
Verb
unphilosophize (third-person singular simple present unphilosophizes, present participle unphilosophizing, simple past and past participle unphilosophized)
- (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
- December 14, 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison
References
- “unphilosophize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.