philosophy
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1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | belief, |
| definition | : | any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nuclear deterrence, |
| definition | : | the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cabalism, kabbalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrines of the Kabbalah (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | abolitionism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | absolutism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of an absolute being (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | amoralism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | animalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | animism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | asceticism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | contextualism, |
| definition | : | any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | creationism, |
| definition | : | the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | credo, creed, |
| definition | : | any system of principles or beliefs (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | divine right, divine right of kings, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | dogma, |
| definition | : | a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | dualism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | dynamism, |
| definition | : | any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | epicureanism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ethicism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | expansionism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | formalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | functionalism, |
| definition | : | any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | girondism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of the Girondists (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | gospel, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | gymnosophy, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | imitation, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | individualism, laissez faire, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | internationalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | unilateralism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | irredentism, irridentism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | literalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | democracy, majority rule, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | monism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | multiculturalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nationalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nationalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nihilism, |
| definition | : | a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pluralism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | populism, |
| definition | : | the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | presentism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | freethinking, rationalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | reformism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine of reform (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | humanism, secular humanism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | humanism, humanitarianism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | egalitarianism, equalitarianism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | feminism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | reincarnationism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | secessionism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that maintains the right of secession (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | secularism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | phenomenology, |
| definition | : | a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | states' rights, |
| definition | : | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | utilitarianism, |
| definition | : | doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | descriptivism, |
| definition | : | (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | descriptivism, |
| definition | : | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | prescriptivism, |
| definition | : | (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | prescriptivism, |
| definition | : | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | millennium, |
| definition | : | (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness (noun.time) |
2. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | belief, |
| definition | : | any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition) |
3. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | ethics, moral philosophy, |
| definition | : | the philosophical study of moral values and rules (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | aetiology, etiology, |
| definition | : | the philosophical study of causation (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | aesthetics, esthetics, |
| definition | : | (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | axiology, |
| definition | : | the study of values and value judgments (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | metaphysics, |
| definition | : | the philosophical study of being and knowing (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | dialectic, |
| definition | : | any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | logic, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | epistemology, |
| definition | : | the philosophical theory of knowledge (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | aesthetic, esthetic, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | aristotelianism, peripateticism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | deconstruction, deconstructionism, |
| definition | : | a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | determinism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | formalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | idealism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | intuitionism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | logicism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | materialism, physicalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | mechanism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | mentalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | nativism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | naturalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | nominalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | operationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | platonism, realism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | pragmatism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | probabilism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | naive realism, realism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | relativism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | semiology, semiotics, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | sensationalism, sensualism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | solipsism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | stoicism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | subjectivism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | teleology, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | vitalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | final cause, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a specialist in philosophy (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | immanent, subjective, |
| definition | : | of a mental act performed entirely within the mind (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | transeunt, transient, |
| definition | : | of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | dianoetic, discursive, |
| definition | : | proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | presentational, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy) (adj.pert) |
4. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | indoctrinate, |
| definition | : | teach doctrines to; teach uncritically (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | doctrinal, |
| definition | : | relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine (adj.pert) |
5. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
6. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a specialist in philosophy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philosophic, philosophical, |
| definition | : | characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment (adj.all) |
7. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | indoctrinate, |
| definition | : | teach doctrines to; teach uncritically (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | doctrinal, |
| definition | : | relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine (adj.pert) |
8. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
9. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a specialist in philosophy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philosophic, philosophical, |
| definition | : | characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment (adj.all) |
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