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Etymology
From Middle French philodoxe, from Ancient Greek φιλόδοξος (philódoxos, “opinion-loving”), compound of φίλο- (phílo-, “beloved”) + δόξα (dóxa, “glory; opinion”).
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philodox (plural philodoxes)
- A person with an excessive interest in his/her own opinions.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:And no people are lesse Philosophers and more foolish, than Platoes Philodoxes, or lovers of their owne opinions.
2003, Heiner Bielefeldt, Symbolic Representation in Kant’s Practical Philosophy:This, however, is a difficult task that only a true philosopher, and not a mere philodox, will be willing to tackle.
- 2005, Charles Harrington Elster, There’s a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life, p.UNKNOWN (perhaps blurb):
- Consider that without realizing it you may have engaged in acokoinonia (sex without passion or desire), been bored to tears by the company of a philodox (someone in love with their opinions), or suffered from recurrent matutolypea (getting up on the wrong side of the bed).
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