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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A would-be or pretended philosopher; a sham sage; an incompetent or mean pretender to philosophy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A false philosopher.
  • noun One who professes to have knowledge or education which he, in fact, lacks.

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