philosophunculist /fɪˌlɒsəˈfʌŋkjʊlɪst/ noun1 •(rare) A minor or insignificant philosopher; someone who claims philosophical expertise that they do not possess.The unsettled races of the north, constituting the Chartists, are Scotch philosophunculists and Irish savages, or the children of such. — 1840 formsphilosophunculists