# phobosophy

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɒˈbɒsəfɪ/

## Definitions
1. The fear of abstract knowledge or philosophical thinking; anti-philosophy.

## Etymology
Coined by John Desmond Bernal in The Freedom of Necessity (1949): phobo- (“fear”) + -sophy (“wisdom, knowledge”), in contradistinction with philosophy; compare sophophobia.

## Source
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