American English pronunciation

How to pronounce philosophic

IPA transcription: [,fɪlə'sɑfɪk]

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Adjective

  • of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

    “philosophical writing”

    “a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology”

Adjective

  • characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment

    “philosophical resignation”

    “a philosophic attitude toward life”

Usage examples

  • However, this effort failed almost immediately due to philosophical differences and academic politics.
  • After returning to Venice he published small works on philosophical and esoteric themes.
  • Idealism led him to philosophic anarchy, and his family threw him off.
  • Ideas like this are a part of the philosophical perspective known as "theoretical holism".
  • Most of his personal papers are archived at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
  • Some of the phrases are humorous, some philosophical, and some merely quirky.
  • But men began to reject simple things, and to write tracts, interpretations, and philosophical studies.
  • He didn't finish his philosophical studies and instead decided to become a writer.
  • But men began to reject simple things, and to write tracts, interpretations, and philosophical studies.
  • He describes his philosophical orientation as follows: My overall philosophical outlook is radically historicist.