Philosophe is a synonym of philosophaster.
As nouns the difference between philosophaster and philosophe
is that philosophaster is a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher while philosophe is any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th century french enlightenment.
philosophaster
English
Noun
(
en noun)
a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
Synonyms
* philosophe
See also
* criticaster
* medicaster
* poetaster
* theologaster
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philosophe
Noun
(
en noun)
any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th century French Enlightenment.
(pejorative) an incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
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