philosophy
/fʌlˈɑsʌfi/
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Definitions
Noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Noun
the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Noun
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father''s philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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abolitionism
absolutism
aesthetics
aetiology
amoralism
animalism
animism
antiestablishmentarianism
antiestablishmentism
asceticism
axiology
Cabalism
church doctrine
commandment
contextualism
creationism
credo
creed
democracy
descriptivism
dialectic
divine right
divine right of kings
dogma
dualism
dynamism
egalitarianism
epicureanism
epistemology
equalitarianism
establishmentarianism
establishmentism
esthetics
ethicism
ethics
etiology
expansionism
feminism
formalism
freethinking
functionalism
Girondism
gospel
gymnosophy
humanism
humanitarianism
imitation
individualism
internationalism
irredentism
irridentism
jurisprudence
Kabbalism
laissez faire
law
legal philosophy
literalism
logic
majority rule
metaphysics
millennium
monism
moral philosophy
multiculturalism
nationalism
nihilism
nuclear deterrence
pacificism
pacifism
passivism
phenomenology
philosophical doctrine
philosophical theory
pluralism
populism
precept
prescriptivism
presentism
rationalism
reformism
reincarnationism
religious doctrine
secessionism
secular humanism
secularism
states'' rights
teaching
theological doctrine
transcendental philosophy
transcendentalism
unilateralism
utilitarianism