philosophy

philosophy
noun
1 study of ideas about the meaning of life
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient, classical, Enlightenment, medieval
▪ contemporary, modern
▪ Buddhist, Chinese, Christian, Greek, Hindu, Islamic, etc.
▪ Eastern, Western
▪ judicial, moral, natural (historical), political, religious, social, etc.
▪

the attraction of Marxism as a social philosophy

▪ analytic, existential, feminist, postmodern, etc.
PHRASES
▪ the philosophy of history, religion, science, etc.
2 particular system of beliefs
ADJECTIVE
▪ competing, differing
▪ governing, guiding, prevailing
▪

humanism—the prevailing philosophy today in the Western world

▪ basic, core, general, underlying
▪ homespun (esp. BrE), simple
▪

the homespun philosophy that kept her going during this difficult period

▪ personal
▪ corporate
▪ conservative, liberal
▪ design, economic, educational, management, market, political, religious, social
▪

a furniture-maker's design philosophy

VERB + PHILOSOPHY
▪ develop, formulate
▪

Over the years he has developed his own personal philosophy.

▪ articulate
▪ adopt, embrace, espouse, follow
▪ share
▪

We share the same guiding philosophy.

▪ reflect
▪

Does this in any way reflect your own philosophy?

▪ reject
▪ base sth on
▪

These ideas are based on his political philosophy.

PHILOSOPHY + VERB
▪ guide sth, influence sth, inform sth, underlie sth, underpin sth
▪

the philosophy underlying the education system

PREPOSITION
▪ philosophy behind
▪

The new measures were introduced with no explanation of the philosophy behind them.

PHRASES
▪ a philosophy of life, a philosophy of mind

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