Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHI-LOS'O-PHISM
PHIL-O-SOPH'IC-AL-LYPHI-LOS'O-PHIST
PHI-LOS'O-PHISM, n. [Gr. φιλος, a lover, and σοφισμα, sophism.]
- The love of fallacious arguments or false reasoning.
- The practice of sophistry. Ch. Obs.
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