American English pronunciation
How to pronounce philosophic
IPA transcription: [,fɪlə'sɑfɪk]
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Adjective
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of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
“philosophical writing”
“a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology”
Adjective
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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.