Philosophy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
- any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it
Extra examples
Her degree is in philosophy and religion.
The group eventually split over conflicting political philosophies.
Her main cooking philosophy is to use only fresh ingredients.
Emma studies philosophy at university.
The company explained their management philosophy.
The idea that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you is a fine philosophy of life.
They promote a philosophy that sacrifices the rights of the individual for the public welfare.
...a philosophy that is a kind of synthesis of several schools of Western and Eastern thought...
Aesthetics is an important part of Greek philosophy.
...cobwebby bits of cracker-barrel philosophy that were stale even 200 years ago...
...dispenses his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column...
The book tries to mesh philosophy and humor.
...the amplitude of Thomas Jefferson's interests—government, architecture, agriculture, science, philosophy—is truly awesome...
...an unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy...
He contested Adam Smith's chair of moral philosophy.
Word forms
singular: philosophy
plural: philosophies
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