by zachaj August 10, 2010
Get the philosterplegic mug.1. Someone who philosterbates (gets off on hearing himself talk, usually about philosophical issues).
2. One who attempts to impress others with seemingly deep (but in truth vacuous) discourse about such matters as ontology, epistemology, metaphysics, eudaimonia, and hermeneutics. Such persons may astound some of their audience, but others may see them as pretentious, narcissistic, and self-delusional.
The philosterbater is usually a callow young man who is greatly impressed by such unanswerable questions as:
· What is existence?
· Why does anything exist rather than nothing?
· What are the limits of human knowledge? Is knowledge even possible?
· Why is there air?
· Is there any advantage to living in the universe?
Philosterbaters tend to attract persons of their ilk and to drive away others; accordingly, their audiences tend to be collections of like-minded philosterbaters who sit around in a virtual circle and philosterbate each other to climax.
2. One who attempts to impress others with seemingly deep (but in truth vacuous) discourse about such matters as ontology, epistemology, metaphysics, eudaimonia, and hermeneutics. Such persons may astound some of their audience, but others may see them as pretentious, narcissistic, and self-delusional.
The philosterbater is usually a callow young man who is greatly impressed by such unanswerable questions as:
· What is existence?
· Why does anything exist rather than nothing?
· What are the limits of human knowledge? Is knowledge even possible?
· Why is there air?
· Is there any advantage to living in the universe?
Philosterbaters tend to attract persons of their ilk and to drive away others; accordingly, their audiences tend to be collections of like-minded philosterbaters who sit around in a virtual circle and philosterbate each other to climax.
Brian is such a philosterbater! I'll bet he gets off three or four times a day on that stuff, but what he doesn't know is that everyone else is laughing behind his back.
by Stuart Showalter May 15, 2008
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Philopateer is a person who is Egyptian sucks at fortnite. His best friend is usually named kero and gets carried by another kero.
by KeroZero March 6, 2019
Get the Philopateer mug.A pathological need to adhere to a specific belief system to the exclusion of all else. For example, adherence to Socialism in an environment where Capitalism would function better, or adherence to an archaic scientific maxim long since overturned by new evidence.
The Senator's philopathy prevented him from being open-minded.
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Guy 1: Bruh who's the new kid?
Guy 2: He's Philopatir, he came from Egypt.
Guy 1: Didn't we have another kid named Philopatir that came from Egypt?
Guy 2: Yeah, no idea.
Guy 2: He's Philopatir, he came from Egypt.
Guy 1: Didn't we have another kid named Philopatir that came from Egypt?
Guy 2: Yeah, no idea.
by AmongaSwag September 20, 2021
Get the Philopatir mug.Excessive contemplation of the meaning of life, the universe and everything by a small, select group of pseudo-intellectual, pseudo-scientific individuals.
"Philosoterically speaking life is nothing more or less than a cosmic joke where the punchline has been misplaced.
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