philosophical

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From philosophy +‎ -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”)

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.

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Synonyms

• philosophic

Derived terms

• philosophically

Translations

of or pertaining to philosophy

• Asturian: filosóficu (ast)
• Catalan: filosòfic (ca)
• Czech: filozofický (cs) m
• Dutch: wijsgerig (nl), filosofisch (nl)
• Esperanto: filozofia (eo)
• Finnish: filosofinen (fi)
• Galician: filosófico (gl)
• German: philosophisch (de)
• Interlingua: philosophic (ia)

• Italian: filosofico (it)
• Latvian: filozofisks (lv)
• Macedonian: философски (mk) (filosófski) m, филозофски (mk) (filozófski) m
• Old English: ūþwitlic (ang)
• Portuguese: filosófico (pt)
• Romanian: filozofic (ro)
• Russian: философский (ru) (filosofskij)
• Spanish: filosófico (es) m
• Volapük: filosopik (vo)

rational, analytic

• Czech: rozumový (cs) m
• Greek: φιλοσοφική (el) (filosofiki) f, φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikos) m

• Portuguese: filosófico (pt)

detached, calm, stoic

External links

• Philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia