Philosophy

//fɪˈlɑ.sə.fi//

Synonyms for "philosophy" (236 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Noun(1 words)
doctrine

Strong matches (70)

Noun(3 words)
ethosideologyism

Related words (118)

neocriticismneoplatonismnewtonian physicsnominalismnotionnuclear physicsontologismontologyopinionopticsoptimismorganic mechanismorganicismoriental calmoutlookpanpsychismpantheismpatiencepeace of mindpeacefulness
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More general

7 entries

More specific

2 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

10 entries

coordinate

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defined as

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derived

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has context

2 entries

is a

5 entries

meronym

8 entries

related to

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Translations

226 translations across 86 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • filosofie noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofie noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofie noun (general principle)
  • filosofie noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Amharic

4 entries
  • ፍልስፍና noun (academic discipline)
  • ፍልስፍና noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • ፍልስፍና noun (general principle)
  • ፍልስፍና noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • φιλοσοφία noun (academic discipline)
  • φιλοσοφία noun (the love of wisdom)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عَقِيدَة noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • فلسفة noun (academic discipline)
  • فلْسَفَة noun (academic discipline)
  • فَلْسَفة noun (academic discipline)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • filosofía noun (academic discipline)

Armenian

4 entries
  • փիլիսոփայություն noun (academic discipline)
  • փիլիսոփայություն noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • փիլիսոփայություն noun (general principle)
  • փիլիսոփայություն noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • fəlsəfə noun (academic discipline)
  • fəlsəfə noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • fəlsəfə noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Balinese

1 entries
  • tattwa noun (academic discipline)

Basque

1 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • філасо́фія noun (academic discipline)
  • філасо́фія noun (the love of wisdom)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • филосо́фия noun (academic discipline)
  • философия noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • философия noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ဒဿနဗေဒ noun (academic discipline)
  • ဒဿနဗေဒ noun (the love of wisdom)
  • သဘာဝတ္ထဗေဒ noun (academic discipline)

Catalan

4 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofia noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofia noun (general principle)
  • filosofia noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 哲學 /哲学 noun (academic discipline)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 哲学 noun (academic discipline)

Cornish

1 entries
  • filosofieth noun (academic discipline)

Czech

3 entries
  • filosofie noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofie noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofie noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Danish

1 entries
  • filosofi noun (academic discipline)

Dutch

4 entries
  • filosofie noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofie noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofie noun (general principle)
  • filosofie noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • filozofio noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofio noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Faroese

1 entries
  • heimspeki noun (academic discipline)

Finnish

4 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofia noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofia noun (general principle)
  • filosofia noun (comprehensive system of belief)

French

1 entries
  • philosophie noun (academic discipline)

Galician

4 entries
  • filosofía noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofía noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofía noun (general principle)
  • filosofía noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფილოსოფია noun (academic discipline)

German

4 entries
  • Philosophie noun (academic discipline)
  • Philosophie noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • Philosophie noun (general principle)
  • Philosophie noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Greek

4 entries
  • φιλοσοφία noun (academic discipline)
  • φιλοσοφία noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • φιλοσοφία noun (comprehensive system of belief)
  • φιλοσοφία noun (the love of wisdom)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ફિલસૂફી noun (academic discipline)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अकीदा noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • तत्व noun (academic discipline)
  • दर्शन noun (academic discipline)
  • दर्शन noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alapelv noun (general principle)
  • bölcselet noun (academic discipline)
  • elmélet noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • elv noun (general principle)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • heimspeki noun (academic discipline)

Ido

1 entries
  • filozofio noun (academic discipline)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • falsafah noun (academic discipline)
  • filsafat noun (academic discipline)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • philosophia noun (academic discipline)

Irish

1 entries
  • fealsúnacht noun (academic discipline)

Italian

1 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 主義 noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • 主義 noun (general principle)
  • 哲学 noun (academic discipline)
  • 哲学 noun (view regarding fundamental principles)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ತತ್ತ್ವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (academic discipline)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • даналықтану noun (academic discipline)
  • пәлсапа noun (academic discipline)
  • философия noun (academic discipline)
  • фәлсафа noun (academic discipline)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទស្សនវិជ្ជា noun (academic discipline)

Korean

1 entries
  • 철학 noun (academic discipline)

Kurdish

1 entries
  • felsefe (ku) noun (the love of wisdom)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • философия noun (academic discipline)

Latin

1 entries
  • philosophia noun (academic discipline)

Latvian

4 entries
  • filozofija noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofija noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filozofija noun (general principle)
  • filozofija noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • filosofija noun (academic discipline)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • мудрување noun (the love of wisdom)
  • филозофија noun (academic discipline)
  • филозофија noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • филозофија noun (general principle)

Malay

1 entries
  • falsafah noun (academic discipline)

Middle English

1 entries
  • philosophie noun (the love of wisdom)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • философи noun (academic discipline)

Muong

1 entries
  • tliết học noun (academic discipline)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaaromōhio noun (academic discipline)

Nepali

1 entries
  • दर्शन noun (academic discipline)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • filosofi noun (academic discipline)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • filosofi noun (academic discipline)

Occitan

1 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)

Old English

2 entries
  • ūþwitegung noun (academic discipline)
  • ūþwitegung noun (the love of wisdom)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • fellsaime noun (academic discipline)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • فلسفه noun (academic discipline)

Persian

2 entries
  • خرددوستی noun (academic discipline)
  • فلسفه noun (academic discipline)

Polish

4 entries
  • filozofia noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofia noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filozofia noun (general principle)
  • filozofia noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • filosofia noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofia noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofia noun (general principle)
  • filosofia noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Romanian

4 entries
  • filozofie noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofie noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filozofie noun (general principle)
  • filozofie noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Russian

3 entries
  • филосо́фия noun (academic discipline)
  • филосо́фия noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • филосо́фия noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • दर्शन noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • feallsanachd noun (academic discipline)
  • feallsanachd noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • feallsanachd noun (general principle)
  • feallsanachd noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • filozofija noun (academic discipline)
  • filozofija noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filozofija noun (general principle)
  • filozofija noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • filusufìa noun (academic discipline)
  • filusufìa noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filusufìa noun (general principle)
  • filusufìa noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Slovak

1 entries
  • filozofia noun (academic discipline)

Spanish

1 entries
  • filosofía noun (academic discipline)

Swahili

1 entries
  • falsafa noun (academic discipline)

Swedish

4 entries
  • filosofi noun (academic discipline)
  • filosofi noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • filosofi noun (general principle)
  • filosofi noun (comprehensive system of belief)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • batnayan noun (academic discipline)
  • pilosopiya noun (academic discipline)

Tajik

1 entries
  • фалсафа noun (academic discipline)

Tamil

2 entries
  • தத்துவம் noun (academic discipline)
  • மெய்யியல் noun (academic discipline)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปรัชญา noun (academic discipline)

Turkish

1 entries
  • felsefe noun (academic discipline)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • філосо́фія noun (academic discipline)
  • філосо́фія noun (comprehensive system of belief)
  • філосо́фія noun (the love of wisdom)

Urdu

1 entries
  • فلسفہ noun (academic discipline)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پەلسەپە noun (academic discipline)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • falsafa noun (view regarding fundamental principles)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nguyên lý noun (view regarding fundamental principles)
  • triết học noun (academic discipline)
  • triết học noun (comprehensive system of belief)
  • triết lý noun (view regarding fundamental principles)

Volapük

1 entries
  • filosop noun (academic discipline)

Welsh

2 entries
  • athroniaeth noun (general principle)
  • athroniaeth noun (comprehensive system of belief)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • filosofy noun (comprehensive system of belief)
  • wiisbegearte noun (academic discipline)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿילאָסאָפֿיע noun (academic discipline)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Your philosophy of life varies from mine.

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The great critic and poet is lecturing on philosophy.

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Our tax system is still without coherent philosophy.

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The first subject that attracted my attention was philosophy.

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