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noun
An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: worldview, ethos
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noun
A general principle (usually moral).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A comprehensive system of belief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: doctrine, ideology
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noun
The love of wisdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Qualifier: originally
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noun
A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: small pica
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noun
A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
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verb
To philosophize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belief
Narrower terms: nuclear deterrence, Kabbalism, Cabalism, abolitionism, absolutism, amoralism, animalism, animism, antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism, asceticism, contextualism, creationism, creed, credo, divine right, divine right of kings, dogma, dualism, dynamism, epicureanism, establishmentarianism, establishmentism, ethicism, expansionism, formalism, functionalism, Girondism, gospel, gymnosophy, imitation, individualism, laissez faire, internationalism, unilateralism, irredentism, irridentism, literalism, majority rule, democracy, monism, multiculturalism, nationalism, nihilism, pacifism, pacificism, passivism, pluralism, populism, presentism, rationalism, freethinking, reformism, humanism, secular humanism, humanitarianism, egalitarianism, equalitarianism, feminism, reincarnationism, secessionism, secularism, phenomenology, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, states' rights, teaching, precept, commandment, theological doctrine, utilitarianism, descriptivism, prescriptivism, religious doctrine, church doctrine, millennium
noun
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: belief
noun
the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Narrower terms: ethics, moral philosophy, etiology, aetiology, aesthetics, esthetics, axiology, jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, metaphysics, dialectic, logic, epistemology, transcendentalism, transcendental philosophy
History
From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.
Across languages
234 source translations are retained for this English entry.
