philosophy

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noun

1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (Freq. 12)
• Syn:
doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
• Derivationally related forms:
philosophical, philosopher, doctrinal (for: doctrine), indoctrinate (for: doctrine)
• Hypernyms:
belief
• Hyponyms:
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
2. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (Freq. 8)
• Derivationally related forms:
philosophical, philosophic, philosopher, philosophize, philosophise
• Members of this Topic:
immanent, subjective, transeunt, transient, dianoetic,
discursive, presentational, aesthetic, esthetic, Aristotelianism, peripateticism,
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, naive realism, relativism, semiotics, semiology,
sensualism, solipsism, Stoicism, subjectivism, teleology, vitalism,
final cause, philosopher
• Hypernyms:
humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
• Hyponyms:
ethics, moral philosophy, etiology, aetiology, aesthetics,
esthetics, axiology, jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, metaphysics,
dialectic, logic, epistemology, transcendentalism, transcendental philosophy
3. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation (Freq. 1)
- self-indulgence was his only philosophy
- my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it
• Derivationally related forms:
philosophical, philosopher
• Hypernyms:
belief

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism