philosophical

English

Alternative forms

• philosophicall (obsolete)
• phylosophical (nonstandard)
• phylosophicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From philosophy +‎ -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl̩/
• Hyphenation: phi‧lo‧soph‧i‧cal

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Adjective

philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)

1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
2. Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
   • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Sphinx”, in Arthur's Ladies Magazine:

     His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.

3. Detached, calm, stoic.
   • 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, The Schartz-Metterklume Method:

     She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

Synonyms

• philosophic

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Derived terms

• antiphilosophical
• aphilosophical
• cyberphilosophical
• doctrine of philosophical necessity
• ecophilosophical
• ethnophilosophical
• extraphilosophical
• geophilosophical
• historicophilosophical
• historiophilosophical
• metaphilosophical
• neurophilosophical
• nonphilosophical
• overphilosophical
• philosophical anarchism
• philosophical anarchist
• philosophical furnace
• philosophically
• philosophical materialism
• philosophical method
• philosophicalness
• philosophical sin
• philosophical wool
• philosophical zombie
• postphilosophical
• pseudophilosophical
• psychophilosophical
• psycho-socio-philosophical
• religiophilosophical
• scientifico-philosophical
• unphilosophical
• wax philosophical

 

Translations

of or pertaining to philosophy

Arabic: فَلْسَفِيّ (falsafiyy) Asturian: filosóficu Belarusian: філасо́фскі (filasófski) Catalan: filosòfic (ca) Czech: filozofický (cs) Danish: filosofisk Dutch: wijsgerig (nl), filosofisch (nl) Esperanto: filozofia Finnish: filosofinen (fi) Galician: filosófico (gl) German: philosophisch (de) Greek: φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikós) Hungarian: filozófiai (hu) Interlingua: philosophic Italian: filosofico (it) Kazakh: философиялық (filosofiälyq), пәлсапалық (pälsapalyq) Latvian: filozofisks Macedonian: филосо́фски (filosófski), филозо́фски (filozófski) Norwegian: Bokmål: filosofisk (no) Nynorsk: filosofisk Occitan: filosofic (oc) Old English: ūþwitlīċ Polish: filozoficzny (pl) Portuguese: filosófico (pt) Romanian: filozofic (ro) Russian: филосо́фский (ru) (filosófskij) Spanish: filosófico (es) Swedish: filosofisk (sv) Tagalog: batnayanin, batnayin Ukrainian: філосо́фський (uk) (filosófsʹkyj), філософі́чний (filosofíčnyj) Volapük: filosopik (vo)

rational, analytic

Czech: rozumový (cs) Greek: φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikós) Portuguese: filosófico (pt)

detached, calm, stoic

Hungarian: filozofikus (hu), higgadt (hu)

Further reading

• philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia