philosophe

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noun

Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.

OriginFrench philosophe →
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Meanings

nounphilosophe (plural philosophes)

plural philosophes

  1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
  2. derogatoryAn incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.

    Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.

    1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
philosophaster

Origin

  1. Frenchphilosophe“philosopher”
  2. Englishphilosophe

Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).

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APA

philosophe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophe

MLA

“philosophe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philosophe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophe.

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