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philosophy

noun

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
P
Ends with
Y
Contains
HI
Scrabble score
23
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

fɪˈlɒsəfi

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noun

  1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

noun

  1. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

    “self-indulgence was his only philosophy”

noun

  1. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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Example Sentences

self-indulgence was his only philosophy
my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it

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