Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philosophical

/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: phi-lo-soph-i-cal
IPA: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

adj

Rational; analytic or critically minded; thoughtful.

adj

Detached, calm, stoic.

Example Sentences

"All the creations of classic German philosophy, such as Hegel's Idea, Fichte's Ego, or Schelling's Absolute, appeared to him simply as substitutes for the Deity, reduced to a more abstract form by philosophical imagination."
"“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University."
"His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities."
"She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: philosophy

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/
British English: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/

Inflected Forms

more philosophical (comparative) most philosophical (superlative) philosophicall (alternative, obsolete) phylosophicall (alternative, obsolete) phylosophical (alternative, nonstandard)

Derived Forms

antiphilosophical aphilosophical biophilosophical cyberphilosophical ecophilosophical ethnophilosophical extraphilosophical geophilosophical historicophilosophical historiophilosophical intraphilosophical metaphilosophical

Phrases

doctrine of philosophical necessity philosophical anarchism philosophical anarchist philosophical behaviorism philosophical behaviorist philosophical behaviourism philosophical furnace philosophical materialism

Synonyms

philosophic

Antonyms

nonphilosophical

Rhymes With

bibliographical

Questions

How do you pronounce philosophical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/.
What does philosophical mean?: Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
Where does philosophical come from?: From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.

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