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Complete Definition of "philosophy"

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Etymology
From AGr. φιλοσοφία from φίλος (philos) "beloved" & σοφία (sophia) "wisdom."
Pronunciation
IPA|/fɪlˈɒsəfi/

Noun
en-noun|philosophies|-

  1. An academic discipline that is often divided into five major branches: logic; metaphysics; epistemology; ethics; and aesthetics.
  2. A comprehensive system of belief.
  3. A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

#: a philosophy of government
#: a philosophy of education

  1. A general principle (usually moral).

Translations
trans-top|academic discipline
Arabic: Arab|ÙÙ„Ø³ÙØ© (fálsafa) f
Chinese: 哲学 (zhéxué)
Croatian: filozofija f
Czech: filozofie f, filosofie f
Dutch: filosofie f
Esperanto: filozofio
Finnish: filosofia
French: philosophie f
German: Philosophie f
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Hungarian: etika, erkölcstan
Italian: filosofia f
Japanese: 哲学 (ã¦ã¤ãŒã, tetsugaku)
Korean: ì² í•™ (cheolhak)
Portuguese: filosofia f
Russian: филоÑÐ¾Ñ„Ð¸Ñ (filosófija) f
Spanish: filosofía f
Swedish: filosofi c
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trans-top|comprehensive system of belief
Arabic: Arab|ÙÙ„Ø³ÙØ© (fálsafa) f, Arab|مذهب IPAchar|(máðhab) m
Croatian: filozofija f
Czech: filozofie f
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Esperanto: filozofio
Finnish: filosofia
Russian: филоÑÐ¾Ñ„Ð¸Ñ (filosófija) f
Swedish: filosofi c
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trans-top|view regarding fundamental principles
Arabic: Arab|مذهب IPAchar|(máðhab) m, Arab|عقيدة IPAchar|(ʕaqīda) f
Croatian: filozofija f
Finnish: filosofia
trans-mid
Russian: филоÑÐ¾Ñ„Ð¸Ñ (filosófija) f
Swedish: filosofi c
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trans-top|general principle
Arabic: Arab|مبدأ IPAchar|(mábda’) m, Arab|مذهب IPAchar|(máðhab) m
Croatian: filozofija f
trans-mid
Finnish: filosofia, periaate
Swedish: filosofi c
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ttbc|Italian: filosofia f
ttbc|Bosnian: filozofija f
ttbc|Catalan: filosofia
ttbc|Chinese: 哲学 (zhéxué)
ttbc|Dutch: filosofie f, wijsbegeerte f
ttbc|Estonian: filosoofia
ttbc|French: philosophie
ttbc|German: Philosophie f
Greek φιλοσοφία (filosofía) f <sup>(1,2,3,4)</sup>, κοσμοθεωÏία (kozmotheoria) f <sup>(2)</sup>
ttbc|Hungarian: filozófia
ttbc|Icelandic: heimspeki
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ttbc|Japanese: 哲学 (ã¦ã¤ãŒã, tetsugaku)
ttbc|Lithuanian: filosofija f
ttbc|Maltese: filosofija f
ttbc|Polish: filozofia f
ttbc|Portuguese: filosofia f
ttbc|Romanian: filosofie/filozofie f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: филозофија f
:Roman: filozofija#Serbian|filozofija f
ttbc|Spanish: filosofía f
ttbc|Telugu: తతà±à°µà°‚ (tatvaM), తాతà±à°µà°¿à°•à°¤ h(taatvikata)
ttbc|Ukrainian: філоÑÐ¾Ñ„Ñ–Ñ (filosofija) f
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