philosophy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: philosophies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: philosophie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: phylosophie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: phylosophy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
gloss: A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education
gloss: A general principle (usually moral).
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
gloss: A comprehensive system of belief.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The love of wisdom.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
gloss: A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
pos: noun
tags: dated
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^([sic]) sometimes known, philosophy.
– Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.
gloss: A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
examples: natural philosophy
Synonyms: philosophy
Related words: philologist
philology
philosopher
philosophic
philosophical
philosophically
philosophise
philosophize
ethics
Derived words: analytic philosophy
antiphilosophy
astrophilosophy
biophilosophy
continental philosophy
counterphilosophy
critical philosophy
cyberphilosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
ecophilosophy
ecosophy
ethnophilosophy
first philosophy
foolosophy
geophilosophy
metaphilosophy
moral philosophy
natural philosophy
nature philosophy
neurophilosophy
nonphilosophy
ordinary language philosophy
Oxford philosophy
perennial philosophy
personal philosophy
philosophist
philosophize
philosophylike
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
Philosothon
physiophilosophy
protophilosophy
pseudophilosophy
psychophilosophy
religiophilosophy
rosewater philosophy
social philosophy
sociophilosophy
speculative philosophy
synthetic philosophy
technophilosophy
theophilosophy
Unix philosophy
unphilosophy
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