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.

Synonyms

• philosophic

Derived terms

• philosophically

Translations

of or pertaining to philosophy

Catalan: filosòfic (ca) Czech: filozofický (cs) m. Dutch: wijsgerig (nl), filosofisch (nl) Esperanto: filozofia (eo) Finnish: filosofinen (fi) German: philosophisch (de) Interlingua: philosophic (ia)

Italian: filosofico (it) Macedonian: философски (mk) (filosófski) m., филозофски (mk) (filozófski) m. Romanian: filozofic (ro) Russian: философский (ru) Spanish: filosófico (es) m. Volapük: filosopik (vo)

rational, analytic

Czech: rozumový (cs) m.

Greek: φιλοσοφική (el) (filosofiki) f., φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikos) m.

detached, calm, stoic

External links

• Philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia