philosophism

[ fi-los-uh-fiz-uh m ]

/ fɪˈlɒs əˌfɪz əm /

spurious or deceitful philosophy.

a false or contrived argument, especially one designed to deceive.

Origin of philosophism

First recorded in 1785–95; philosoph(y) + -ism

an·ti·phi·los·o·phism, noun

French 'philosophism' then became suddenly militant and practical.

A Short History of French Literature |George Saintsbury
Philosophism knows only this: her other belief is mainly that, in spiritual supersensual matters no Belief is possible.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
Philosophism, as we saw, has got her Turgot made Controller-General; and there shall be endless reformation.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
Franklin owned to the fraud in Necker's house when he came to Paris, much to the confusion of French philosophism.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris |Honore de Balzac

Philosophism sits joyful in glittering saloons, is the pride of nobles and promises a coming millennium.

The Choctaw Freedmen |Robert Elliott Flickinger