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An academic discipline or field such as philosophy, theosophy, etc. Frequently in plural (usually with disparaging implication): such disciplines collectively.

ANTHROPOSOPHY - knowledge of the nature of humanity; human wisdom

COSMOSOPHY - knowledge of the cosmos

DEIPNOSOPHY - learned dinner-conversation

GYMNOSOPHY - deep contemplation performed while naked

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PHYSIOPHILOSOPHY - system of knowledge concerning principles of natural history

PNEUMATOPHILOSOPHY - philosophy of spirits or the spirit world

PSILOSOPHY - shallow philosophy; limited knowledge

PSYCHOSOPHY - doctrine or theory of the soul

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THEOSOPHY - immediate divine illumination or wisdom

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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS