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- pronunciation:
- fI
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fih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, based on, or pertaining to philosophy or philosophers.
Scholars of the Renaissance were interested in the philosophical ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans. |
| definition 2: |
philosophic.
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| related words: |
academic |
adverb + (adj.)philosophical
deep, deeply
(adj.)philosophical
+ noun
analysis,
anthropology,
approach,
argument,
aspect,
assumption,
background,
base,
basis,
belief,
commitment,
complexity,
concept,
conception,
consideration,
conundrum,
conviction,
critique,
debate,
depth,
dialogue,
difference,
dimension,
disagreement,
discipline,
discourse,
discussion,
dispute,
distinction,
divide,
doctrine,
essay,
ethics,
foundation,
framework,
implication,
inquiry,
insight,
investigation,
issue,
justification,
literature,
meaning,
meditation,
merit,
mode,
nature,
objection,
orientation,
origin,
outlook,
perspective,
position,
premise,
presupposition,
principle,
proposition,
psychology,
question,
rationale,
realism,
reasoning,
reflection,
root,
shift,
significance,
society,
speculation,
stance,
standpoint,
tenet,
term,
theme,
theology,
theory,
thinker,
thinking,
thought,
tradition,
transaction,
treatise,
underpinning,
view,
viewpoint,
wisdom,
works,
writing
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| derivations: |
philosophically (adv.), philosophicalness (n.) |
The word philosophical
contains the following parts:
phil, philo, -philia, -phile
Greek
root
that means love, fondness
  Example words:
anemophilous, Anglophile, audiophile, basophil, bibliophile, discophile, drosophila, Francophile, gypsophila, hemophilia, homophile, oenophile, pedophile, pedophilia, philander, philanthropist, philanthropy, philately, philharmonic, philodendron, philogyny, philology, philosophe, philosopher, philosophy, philosophical, philter, xerophilous
- synonyms:
- am, ama, amor
soph, -sophy
Greek
root
that means wise, wisdom
Example words:
philosopher, philosophical, philosophy, sophism, sophist, sophistic, sophisticated, sophistry, sophomore, sophomoric, theosophy
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
-ic
Latin and Greek
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ic
attaches to roots and words of Greek or Latin origin to form adjectives. A few words ending in -ic
(magic
, critic
, music
) were adjectives that became nouns in Greek before they entered English, also as nouns.
Example words:
abiotic, acerbic, acidic, aerobic, agnostic, analgesic, anthropocentric, antibiotic, aquatic, civic, comic, critic, democratic, domestic, dramatic, eccentric, economic, erratic, erotic, euphoric, euphotic, fantastic, heliocentric, geometric, magic, microscopic, music, pathetic, periodic, philosophical, physical, physics, psychic, sonic, sympathetic
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