philosophy - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for philosophy ?

Here are the synonyms for philosophy , a list of similar words for philosophy from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Synonyms

• doctrine
• ism
• philosophical system
• philosophy
• school of thought

More generic

• belief

More specific

• Cabalism
• Girondism
• Kabbalism
• abolitionism
• absolutism
• amoralism
• animalism
• animism
• antiestablishmentarianism
• antiestablishmentism
• asceticism
• church doctrine
• commandment
• contextualism
• creationism
• credo
• creed
• democracy
• descriptivism
• divine right
• divine right of kings
• dogma
• dualism
• dynamism
• egalitarianism
• epicureanism
• equalitarianism
• establishmentarianism
• establishmentism
• ethicism
• expansionism
• feminism
• formalism
• freethinking
• functionalism
• gospel
• gymnosophy
• humanism
• humanitarianism
• imitation
• individualism
• internationalism
• irredentism
• irridentism
• laissez faire
• literalism
• majority rule
• millennium
• monism
• 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
• unilateralism
• utilitarianism

Noun

any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

Synonyms

• philosophy

More generic

• belief

Noun

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

Synonyms

• philosophy

More generic

• arts
• humanistic discipline
• humanities
• liberal arts

More specific

• aesthetics
• aetiology
• axiology
• dialectic
• epistemology
• esthetics
• ethics
• etiology
• jurisprudence
• law
• legal philosophy
• logic
• metaphysics
• moral philosophy
• transcendental philosophy
• transcendentalism

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