philosophy

Nouns

  • (n) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought,
  • (n) the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
  • (n) any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
    • self-indulgence was his only philosophy
    • my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it

Synonyms

doctrine ism philosophical system school of thought

Words of close approximity

philosophy department