Usually means: Pretender to knowledge; pseudo-philosopher.
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▸ noun:  A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.

Similar:
philosophe, psilosopher, pseudophilosopher, philosophicide, philosophunculist, philosophist, philologaster, pataphysician, philosophess, pseudophilosophy, more...

Opposite:
philosopher, sage, thinker

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Similar:
philosophe, psilosopher, pseudophilosopher, philosophicide, philosophunculist, philosophist, philologaster, pataphysician, philosophess, pseudophilosophy, more...

Opposite:
philosopher, sage, thinker



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