philosophical

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From philosophy +‎ -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl̩/
• Hyphenation: phi‧lo‧soph‧i‧cal

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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

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Derived terms

• antiphilosophical
• aphilosophical
• cyberphilosophical
• ecophilosophical
• ethnophilosophical
• extraphilosophical
• geophilosophical
• historicophilosophical
• historiophilosophical
• metaphilosophical
• neurophilosophical
• nonphilosophical
• overphilosophical
• philosophical anarchism
• philosophical anarchist
• philosophical furnace
• philosophically
• philosophical method
• philosophicalness
• postphilosophical
• pseudophilosophical
• psychophilosophical
• religiophilosophical
• unphilosophical

 

Translations

of or pertaining to philosophy

• Arabic: فَلْسَفِيّ‎ (falsafiyy)
• Asturian: filosóficu
• Belarusian: філасо́фскі (filasófski)
• Catalan: filosòfic (ca)
• Czech: filozofický (cs)
• Dutch: wijsgerig (nl), filosofisch (nl)
• Esperanto: filozofia
• Finnish: filosofinen (fi)
• Galician: filosófico
• German: philosophisch (de)
• Greek: φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikós)
• Hungarian: filozófiai (hu)
• Interlingua: philosophic
• Italian: filosofico (it)
• Kazakh: философиялық (filosofiälyq), пәлсапалық (pälsapalyq)
• Latvian: filozofisks
• Macedonian: филосо́фски (filosófski), филозо́фски (filozófski)
• Occitan: filosofic (oc)
• Old English: ūþwitlīċ
• Polish: filozoficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: filosófico (pt)
• Romanian: filozofic (ro)
• Russian: филосо́фский (ru) (filosófskij)
• Spanish: filosófico (es)
• Tagalog: batnayanin, batnayin
• Ukrainian: філосо́фський (uk) (filosófsʹkyj), філософі́чний (filosofíčnyj)
• Volapük: filosopik (vo)

rational, analytic

• Czech: rozumový (cs)
• Greek: φιλοσοφικός (el) (filosofikós)
• Portuguese: filosófico (pt)

detached, calm, stoic

• Hungarian: filozofikus (hu), higgadt (hu)

Further reading

• philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia