philosophize

English

Alternative forms

• philosophise

Etymology

From philosophy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈlɒsəfaɪz/

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Verb

philosophize (third-person singular simple present philosophizes, present participle philosophizing, simple past and past participle philosophized)

1. To ponder or reason out philosophically.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 424:

     The popular influence of the scientific specialist begins to rival that of the philosopher only when he ceases to be a specialist and commences to philosophize about the progress of his subject—and usually only after he has been taken up by the intellectuals for reasons which have little to do with his scientific eminence.

Derived terms

• philosophizable
• philosophization
• philosophizer
• unphilosophize
• unphilosophized

Translations

ponder or reason out philosophically

• Bulgarian: философствам (filosofstvam)
• Catalan: filosofar (ca)
• Czech: filozofovat
• Esperanto: filozofi
• Finnish: filosofoida
• Galician: filosofar
• German: philosophieren (de)
• Greek: φιλοσοφώ (el) (filosofó)

  Ancient: φιλοσοφέω (philosophéō)

• Hebrew: (derogatory, colloquial) הִתְפַּלְסֵף
• Hungarian: filozofál (hu), bölcselkedik (hu)
• Macedonian: филозофи́ра (filozofíra)
• Old English: ūþwitian
• Portuguese: filosofar (pt)
• Spanish: filosofar (es)
• Swedish: filosofera (sv)
• Volapük: filosopön (vo)