philosophy

Words with a similar base: philosophy

'philosophy'

[doctrine.n.01] as in: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

'philosophy'

[philosophy.n.02] as in: the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

'philosophy'

[philosophy.n.03] as in: any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

Examples:
self-indulgence was his only philosophy
my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it

Origins

					philosophy (English)
└── philosophie (Anglo-Norman)
    └── philosophia (Latin)
        └── φιλοσοφία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── φιλόσοφος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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