Synonyms for philosophical
ˌfɪl əˈsɒf ɪ kəlphilo·soph·i·cal

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1. philosophicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   philosophic

2. philosophicaladjective

   Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

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   philosophic

3. philosophicaladjective

   Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.

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   philosophic

4. philosophicaladjective

   Detached, calm, stoic.

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   philosophic

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1. philosophical

   Synonyms:
   wise, sound, conclusive, scientific, accurate, enlightened, rational, calm, unprejudiced

   Antonyms:
   unsound, crude, vague, loose, inaccurate, popular, unscientific, sciolistic, unphilosophical

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1. philosophic, philosophicaladjective

   of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

   "philosophical writing"; "a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology"

   Synonyms:
   philosophic

   Antonyms:
   emotional

2. philosophical, philosophicadjective

   characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment

   "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life"

   Synonyms:
   philosophic

   Antonyms:
   emotional

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1. philosophicaladjective

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   of philosophy

2. philosophicaladjective

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   of a philosopher, of philosophers

3. philosophicaladjective

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   wise, rational, reasonable

4. philosophicaladjective

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   calm, cool, collected, composed, unruffled, sedate, serene, tranquil, imperturbable, stoical, platonic

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1. List of paraphrases for "philosophical":

   philosophy, philosophic

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1. Liz Cohen:

   It’s a fundamental, philosophical shift about what it means to fund public education, i don’t think we know how this is going to play out. It’s a brave new world situation.

2. Zac Moffat:

   Republicans are still very much in the television persuasion model, we are still having philosophical arguments about where we are, and meanwhile the Democrats arguing about the type of targeting to use.

3. Kedar Joshi:

   The universe is a philosophical abyss.

4. Ady Barkan:

   My observation is that your political philosophical approach to a system failure is generally not to expand the size of the public sector, but to instead heavily regulate private sector actors and beat down their greed, was that the source of your initial hesitation on the question of getting rid of private insurance, or was it something else ?

5. Leana Wen:

   I just learned that the @PPFA Board ended my employment at a secret meeting, we were engaged in good faith negotiations about my departure based on philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood.