philosopheme

noun

phi·​los·​o·​pheme

fə̇ˈläsəˌfēm

plural -s

: a philosophical formulation or principle : proposition

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin philosophema, from Greek philosophēma, from philosophein to love or pursue knowledge, from philosophos lover of wisdom

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