philosophical
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Alternative forms
- philosophicall (obsolete)
- phylosophical (nonstandard)
- phylosophicall (obsolete)
Etymology
From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl̩/
- Hyphenation: phi‧lo‧soph‧i‧cal
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Adjective
philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)
- Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
- Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Sphinx”, in Arthur's Ladies Magazine:
- His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
- Detached, calm, stoic.
- 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, The Schartz-Metterklume Method:
- She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- antiphilosophical
- aphilosophical
- cyberphilosophical
- doctrine of philosophical necessity
- ecophilosophical
- ethnophilosophical
- extraphilosophical
- geophilosophical
- historicophilosophical
- historiophilosophical
- metaphilosophical
- neurophilosophical
- nonphilosophical
- overphilosophical
- philosophical anarchism
- philosophical anarchist
- philosophical furnace
- philosophically
- philosophical materialism
- philosophical method
- philosophicalness
- philosophical sin
- philosophical wool
- philosophical zombie
- postphilosophical
- pseudophilosophical
- psychophilosophical
- psycho-socio-philosophical
- religiophilosophical
- scientifico-philosophical
- unphilosophical
- wax philosophical
Translations
of or pertaining to philosophy
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rational, analytic
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detached, calm, stoic
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Further reading
philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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