Definition of phylosophy
1. philosophy [ n ] a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in print:(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
The Bourbon economic philosophy , moreover , is not very different from that of Northern conservatives .
Synonyms doctrine philosophy ism philosophical_system school_of_thought Related Terms belief imitation creed nationalism teaching egalitarianism formalism individualism humanitarianism secularism religious_doctrine literalism humanism nihilism gymnosophy gospel philosophical_doctrine secessionism creationism internationalism unilateralism dogma irredentism phenomenology dualism amoralism absolutism majority_rule monism epicureanism establishmentarianism pacifism feminism ecumenism expansionism animalism reformism pluralism theological_doctrine utilitarianism animism rationalism multiculturalism reincarnationism functionalism states'_rights cabalism antiestablishmentarianism asceticism dynamism abolitionism ethicism nationalism presentism nuclear_deterrence millennium populism indoctrinate2. philosophy [ n ] the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Used in print:(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)
Everything from poetry to phonetics , history to histrionics , philosophy to party_games has been adapted to the turntable .
(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)
It is his relentlessness and unwavering adherence to this revolutionary artistic philosophy that has enabled him to paint such pictures as `` The_Invasion_of_Cuba '' .
Synonyms philosophy Related Terms humanistic_discipline dialectic jurisprudence logic epistemology aesthetics etiology transcendentalism ethics metaphysics axiology philosopher Platonism rationalism Stoicism naturalism presentational aesthetic empiricism realism solipsism teleology nativism mentalism nominalism existentialism operationalism pragmatism formalism determinism transeunt vitalism immanent idealism relativism semiotics intuitionism Aristotelianism sensualism logicism subjectivism materialism deconstruction mechanism dianoetic probabilism philosophize3. philosophy [ n ] 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"
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