philosophunculist

/fɪˌlɒsəˈfʌŋkjʊlɪst/

Etymology

From philosophuncule + -ist.

noun

  1. 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.”