Dictionary Entry
philosophy
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/fɪˈlɒsəfi/Word FrequencyCommon (5.4)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The love of wisdom.
In a Sentence
“The article includes philosophy to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“The story does not introduce any of the special vocabulary of philosophy (not even the word ˜philosophy™ itself makes an appearance).”
“In a word, the philosophy which Neoplatonism represents, whose final interest is the religious, and whose highest object is the super-rational, must be a _philosophy of revelation_.”
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Origin
From Greek philosophia, from philos ‘loving’ + sophia ‘wisdom’.
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