philosophaster

See also Philosophaster

English

Etymology

Latin philosophaster, from philosophus (“philosopher”), and -aster (“little', 'partial'”)

Noun

philosophaster (plural philosophasters)

1. a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.

Synonyms

• philosophe

Translations

a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher

• French: philosophâtre (fr) m
• German: Philosophaster (de) m
• Italian: filosofastro (it) m, filosofastra (it) f

• Russian: философастер (ru) (filosofaster) m
• Spanish: filosofastro (es) m

See also

• criticaster
• medicaster
• poetaster
• theologaster