Definition for Philosophy:

• The course of sciences read in the schools.

Synonyms for Philosophy:

• n.

  •
  • the spirit of the times/age,
  • axiom,
  • basis,
  • law,
  • culture,
  • conception.
  •
  • viewpoint,
  • outlook.
  •attitude (noun)
  • leanings,
  • say so,
  • stance,
  • headsets,
  • head-set,
  • mindtrip,
  • where one is at,
  • headset,
  • like it is,
  • Philosophies,
  • leaning.
  •belief (noun)
  • faith,
  • conviction,
  • idea,
  • trust,
  • credence,
  • tenet,
  • creed,
  • doctrine,
  • opinion,
  • certitude,
  • belief,
  • thought,
  • view,
  • principle,
  • postulate.
  •beliefs (noun)
  • ideology.
  •cognition (noun)
  • philosophy.
  •humanities (noun)
  • fine arts,
  • the classics,
  • belles lettres,
  • humanities,
  • the fine arts,
  • belles-lettres,
  • humanistic discipline.
  •hypothesis (noun)
  • pre-mise,
  • Lemmata,
  • apriorities,
  • pre supposition,
  • pre-supposition,
  • pre mises,
  • ex planations,
  • sur-mise,
  • shot in dark,
  • pre-mises,
  • pro positions,
  • pre mise,
  • hypo thesis,
  • tentative laws,
  • shot dark,
  • pre suppositions,
  • starting points,
  • sur-mises,
  • pro-positions,
  • ex-planations,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • hypo-thesis,
  • sur mise,
  • ex planation,
  • sur mises,
  • pro position,
  • shot the dark.
  •ideology (noun)
  • weltanschauungs,
  • articles faith,
  • out look,
  • out-looks,
  • out-look,
  • out looks.
  •philosophy (noun)
  • school of thought,
  • ism.
  •principles, knowledge (noun)
  • rationalism,
  • thinking,
  • aesthetics,
  • reason,
  • convictions,
  • Beliefs,
  • wisdom,
  • values,
  • reasoning.
  •rationale (noun)
  • whatfors,
  • whole ideas,
  • the whole ideas,
  • whyfors,
  • why and wherefores,
  • song dance,
  • the big ideas,
  • why wherefore,
  • big ideas,
  • why wherefores,
  • ex-position,
  • ex-positions,
  • raison detre.
  •scholarship (noun)
  • learnednesses.
  •system (noun)
  • logical orders,
  • co ordination,
  • co ordinations,
  • frame reference,
  • fixed orders,
  • co-ordinations.
  •theory (noun)
  • pro visions,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • under standings,
  • pre sentiments,
  • pro-vision,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • under-standing,
  • pro vision,
  • under-standings,
  • pro-visions,
  • under standing,
  • formularizations.

• Other synonyms:

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  • message,
  • siege mentality,
  • line,
  • brainwave,
  • delusion,
  • stereotype,
  • superstructure,
  • flavor,
  • echo,
  • old wives' tale,
  • assumption,
  • supposition,
  • ideal,
  • zeitgeist,
  • ontology,
  • abstraction,
  • public opinion,
  • picture,
  • illusion,
  • fallacy,
  • image,
  • concept,
  • sentiment,
  • expectation,
  • doublethink,
  • thread,
  • daydream,
  • commitment,
  • universal,
  • eccentricity,
  • shibboleth,
  • reference point,
  • metaphysics,
  • construct,
  • wishful thinking,
  • ethos,
  • presumption,
  • truth,
  • reverie,
  • deduction,
  • nostrum,
  • meeting ground,
  • bandwagon.
  •
  • idealism,
  • calculation,
  • thing,
  • orthodoxy,
  • bedrock,
  • notion,
  • reflection,
  • mythology,
  • sense,
  • pillar,
  • conclusion,
  • brainstorm,
  • head,
  • projection.
  •
  • paradigm,
  • soul,
  • orientation,
  • flash.
  •
  • policy,
  • politics,
  • consciousness,
  • art.
  •
  • feeling.
  •
  • value.
  •
  • ground.
  •philosophy
  • yin and yang,
  • dialectic,
  • philosopher,
  • Yin,
  • Yang,
  • philosophical.

Paraphrases for Philosophy:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    logic.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    principals, Ones.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    vision, spirit, reasoning, mentality, notion, perspective, belief, attitude, purpose, viewpoint, thought, premise, understanding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    philosophical.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Policies, philosophical.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    philosopher, thinking, ethos, ideology, conception, stance, mindset, design, policy.

Philosophy Sentence Examples:

• If I have said thus much in this place concerning natural philosophy, it has not been without good reason.

• What a profound bit of philosophy in three lines!

Hypernym for Philosophy:

• n.

  • cognition
    metaphysics, esthetics, aesthetics, epistemology, law, axiology, transcendentalism, aetiology, legal philosophy, transcendental philosophy, etiology, moral philosophy, ethics, dialectic, logic, jurisprudence.

Hyponym for Philosophy:

• n.

  • cognition
    liberal arts, arts, belief, humanistic discipline, humanities.