philosophical

adj
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/UK/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from φιλοσοφία
  2. derived from philosophia
  3. derived from philosophie
  4. inherited from philosophie
  5. suffixed as philosophical — “philosophy + -ical

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

    • “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.
  2. Rational

    Rational; analytic or critically minded; thoughtful.

    • His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
  3. Detached, calm, stoic.

    • She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at philosophical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at philosophical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at philosophical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA