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philosophy

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"Study of fundamental ideas"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/Part of speech nounSorted hhilooppsyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Word origin

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.

Used in a sentence

  • Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
  • a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education
  • Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^([sic]) sometimes known, philosophy. – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.

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