philosophical
English
Alternative forms
- philosophicall (obsolete)
- phylosophical (nonstandard)
- phylosophicall (obsolete)
Etymology
From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”)
Adjective
philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)
- Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
- 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.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine,
- Detached, calm, stoic.
- 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"
- She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
- 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- antiphilosophical
- aphilosophical
- cyberphilosophical
- ecophilosophical
- ethnophilosophical
- extraphilosophical
- geophilosophical
- historicophilosophical
- historiophilosophical
- metaphilosophical
- neurophilosophical
- nonphilosophical
- philosophical anarchism
- philosophical anarchist
- philosophical furnace
- philosophically
- philosophical method
- philosophicalness
- postphilosophical
- pseudophilosophical
- psychophilosophical
- religiophilosophical
- unphilosophical
Translations
of or pertaining to philosophy
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rational, analytic
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detached, calm, stoic
Further reading
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