school of thought en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speaker.
Well, there are two schools of thought on that topic...
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(broadly) A group of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlook of a philosophy.
He did not belong to the school of thought that believed Jackson Pollock to be much of an artist.
But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.
2018 September 21, Mark Rice-Oxley, “Don't mention the R-word”, in The Guardian:
Forms
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| school of thoughts | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| schools of thought | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (31)
ja 流派 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · de Denkschule (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · pt escola de pensamento (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · sv doktrin (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · uk школа (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · ru нау́чная шко́ла (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · gl escola de pensamento (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · vi trường phái (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · ru шко́ла мы́сли (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · es escuela de pensamiento (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · de Schule (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · eo skolo (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · de wissenschaftliche Schule (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · fi koulukunta (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · ja 学派 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · grc αἵρεσις (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · ru шко́ла (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · nl stroming (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · cmn 學派 /学派 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · fr courant de pensée (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · pl szkoła (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · fr école de pensée (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · cmn 派別 /派别 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · id mazhab (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · nl denkrichting (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · id aliran (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · it scuola di pensiero (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · cmn 流派 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · sv lära (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · nl school (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group) · ko 학파 (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group)