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philosophy > 3 senses
NOUN	1	philosophy, doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism	A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
	2	philosophy	The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
	3	philosophy	Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

philosophy > pronunciation
Sounds	fahlaa'sahfiy
Rhymes	apostrophe, atrophy, autobiography, and 46 more rhymes in fiy...

philosophy > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
Synonyms	doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Broader	belief
Narrower	nuclear deterrence; Kabbalism, Cabalism; abolitionism; absolutism; amoralism; animalism; animism; antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism; asceticism; 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; nationalism; nihilism; pacifism, pacificism, passivism; pluralism; populism; presentism; rationalism, freethinking; reformism; humanism, secular humanism; humanitarianism, humanism; egalitarianism, equalitarianism; feminism; reincarnationism; secessionism; secularism; phenomenology; philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory; states' rights; teaching, precept, commandment; theological doctrine; utilitarianism; descriptivism; descriptivism; prescriptivism; prescriptivism; religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed; millennium
Adjectives	philosophical
Nouns	philosopher

philosophy > noun 2, cognition
Meaning	The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.
Category of	immanent, subjective; transeunt, transient; dianoetic, discursive; presentational; aesthetic, esthetic; Aristotelianism; deconstruction, deconstructionism; empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism; existentialism, existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy; determinism; formalism; idealism; intuitionism; logicism; materialism, physicalism; mechanism; mentalism; nativism; naturalism; nominalism; operationalism; Platonism, realism; pragmatism; probabilism; rationalism; realism, naive realism; relativism; semiotics, semiology; sensualism, sensationalism; solipsism; Stoicism; subjectivism; teleology; vitalism; final cause; philosopher
Broader	humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Narrower	ethics, moral philosophy; etiology, aetiology; aesthetics, esthetics; axiology; jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy; metaphysics; dialectic; logic; epistemology; transcendentalism, transcendental philosophy
Adjectives	philosophical; philosophical; philosophic, philosophical
Nouns	philosopher; philosopher
Verbs	philosophize, philosophise

philosophy > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.
Examples	"self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
Broader	belief
Adjectives	philosophical
Nouns	philosopher

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