adj
Meaning 1
Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
philosophical
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/
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General-American: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/
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adj
Meaning 2
Rational; analytic or critically minded; thoughtful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Detached, calm, stoic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- philosophical writing
- a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: philosophic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- philosophical resignation
- a philosophic attitude toward life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: philosophic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَلْسَفِيّ (falsafiyy) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Asturian: filosóficu — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Belarusian: філасо́фскі (filasófski) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Catalan: filosòfic — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Czech: filozofický — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Danish: filosofisk — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Dutch: wijsgerig — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Dutch: filosofisch — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Esperanto: filozofia — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Finnish: filosofinen — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Galician: filosófico — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Georgian: ფილოსოფიური (pilosopiuri) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- German: philosophisch — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Greek: φιλοσοφικός (filosofikós) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Hungarian: filozófiai — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Interlingua: philosophic — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Italian: filosofico — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Kazakh: философиялық (filosofiälyq) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Kazakh: пәлсапалық (pälsapalyq) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Latvian: filozofisks — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Macedonian: филосо́фски (filosófski) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Macedonian: филозо́фски (filozófski) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Norwegian Bokmål: filosofisk — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: filosofisk — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Occitan: filosofic — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Old English: ūþwitlīċ — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Polish: filozoficzny — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Portuguese: filosófico — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Romanian: filozofic — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Russian: филосо́фский (filosófskij) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Spanish: filosófico — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Spanish: filosofal — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Swedish: filosofisk — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Tagalog: batnayanin — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Tagalog: batnayin — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Ukrainian: філосо́фський (filosófsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Ukrainian: філософі́чний (filosofíčnyj) — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Volapük: filosopik — of or pertaining to philosophy
- Czech: rozumový — rational, analytic
- Greek: φιλοσοφικός (filosofikós) — rational, analytic
- Portuguese: filosófico — rational, analytic
- Hungarian: filozofikus — detached, calm, stoic
- Hungarian: higgadt — detached, calm, stoic
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