Since the final decades of the nineteenth century geographers have maintained a commitment to employing language that is accessible and understood by as many as possible. This disciplinary goal has motivated the making and use of maps, globes and other images such as photographs. Whilst confirming this argument, this article shows that geographers have also enjoyed wordplay and that they have persistently had recourse to verbal invention in communicating geographical ideas to a diversifying demographic of audiences across a widening geographical and disciplinary spectrum over the period 1887 to 1947. In tracing the historical and geographical variations of the term ‘geosophy’, the article shows how this word circulated perceptions of time and space and an informed philosophy of geographical ideals and materials. The recurring refrain of geosophy elucidates understandings of verbal and visual invention and emulation. It concludes that the plurality of definitions of the portmanteau word geosophy are commensurate with the perception of the plurality of worlds and the relativity of worlds of knowledge.

自 19 世纪最后几十年以来，地理学家一直致力于使用尽可能多的人可以使用和理解的语言。这一学科目标推动了地图、地球仪和其他图像（如照片）的制作和使用。在证实这一论点的同时，这篇文章表明，地理学家也喜欢文字游戏，并且在 1887 年至 1947 年期间，他们一直在诉诸语言发明，将地理思想传达给日益扩大的地理和学科范围内的多样化受众群体。 “地理学”一词的历史和地理变化，这篇文章展示了这个词如何传播时间和空间的感知以及地理理想和材料的明智哲学。地球哲学的反复出现阐明了对语言和视觉发明和模仿的理解。得出结论，portmanteau 词geosophy 的多元化定义与世界多元化的感知和知识世界的相对性相称。