philosophical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/ (General-American)
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- /ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.
Meanings
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Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
All the creations of classic German philosophy, such as Hegel's Idea, Fichte's Ego, or Schelling's Absolute, appeared to him simply as substitutes for the Deity, reduced to a more abstract form by philosophical imagination.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118:“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University.
2019 November 11, Ashley Strickland, “What makes a planet potentially habitable”, in CNN:
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Rational; analytic or critically minded; thoughtful.
His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
1846, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Sphinx”, in Arthur's Ladies Magazine:
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Detached, calm, stoic.
She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
1911, Hector Hugh Munro, The Schartz-Metterklume Method:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phylosophicall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| philosophicall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| phylosophical | alternative, nonstandard | lexicographic | |
| more philosophical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most philosophical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
prephilosophical · philosophical behaviorist · ecophilosophical · overphilosophical · philosophical anarchist · philosophical wool · philosophical materialism · historicophilosophical · extraphilosophical · cyberphilosophical · physicophilosophical · postphilosophical · biophilosophical · antiphilosophical · intraphilosophical · neurophilosophical · philosophical zombie · psycho-socio-philosophical · philosophicalness · unphilosophical · nonphilosophical · aphilosophical · scientifico-philosophical · metaphilosophical · philosophical behaviourism · religiophilosophical · philosophical behaviorism · philosophical furnace · pseudophilosophical · geophilosophical · wax philosophical · historiophilosophical · philosophically · politicophilosophical · psychophilosophical · philosophical anarchism · ethnophilosophical · philosophical sin · sociophilosophical · musicophilosophical · semiphilosophical · philosophicality · doctrine of philosophical necessity · philosophical method
Synonyms
Translations (45)
lv filozofisks (of or pertaining to philosophy) · el φιλοσοφικός (rational, analytic) · es filosofal (of or pertaining to philosophy) · cs filozofický (of or pertaining to philosophy) · fi filosofinen (of or pertaining to philosophy) · kk философиялық (of or pertaining to philosophy) · uk філосо́фський (of or pertaining to philosophy) · uk філософі́чний (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ro filozofic (of or pertaining to philosophy) · es filosófico (of or pertaining to philosophy) · be філасо́фскі (of or pertaining to philosophy) · el φιλοσοφικός (of or pertaining to philosophy) · cs rozumový (rational, analytic) · ca filosòfic (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ang ūþwitlīċ (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ia philosophic (of or pertaining to philosophy) · nb filosofisk (of or pertaining to philosophy) · pt filosófico (rational, analytic) · da filosofisk (of or pertaining to philosophy) · tr felsefi (of or pertaining to philosophy) · nn filosofisk (of or pertaining to philosophy) · mk филозо́фски (of or pertaining to philosophy) · hu filozófiai (of or pertaining to philosophy) · hu higgadt (detached, calm, stoic) · tl batnayin (of or pertaining to philosophy) · gl filosófico (of or pertaining to philosophy) · kk пәлсапалық (of or pertaining to philosophy) · tl batnayanin (of or pertaining to philosophy) · hu filozofikus (detached, calm, stoic) · ast filosóficu (of or pertaining to philosophy) · eo filozofia (of or pertaining to philosophy) · nl filosofisch (of or pertaining to philosophy) · vo filosopik (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ar فَلْسَفِيّ (of or pertaining to philosophy) · sv filosofisk (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ka ფილოსოფიური (of or pertaining to philosophy) · pl filozoficzny (of or pertaining to philosophy) · nl wijsgerig (of or pertaining to philosophy) · ru филосо́фский (of or pertaining to philosophy) · oc filosofic (of or pertaining to philosophy) · mk филосо́фски (of or pertaining to philosophy) · de philosophisch (of or pertaining to philosophy) · pt filosófico (of or pertaining to philosophy) · it filosofico (of or pertaining to philosophy) · az fəlsəfi (of or pertaining to philosophy)