philosophies
- 1Plural of philosophy.
Eastern and Western philosophies often approach the question of the self in very different ways.
The coaching staff blended several competing philosophies into a single game plan.
Note
A plural that only some meanings of philosophy can take. The academic discipline and the love of wisdom are mass nouns, so studying philosophy never becomes studying philosophies. What does pluralize is the countable side of the word: outlooks on a domain's fundamental principles, guiding moral principles, comprehensive systems of belief. Eastern philosophies and rival coaching philosophies are views or systems set side by side, not several disciplines.
philosophies is a form of philosophy
philosophy, noun: An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than experiment, often explaining general concepts such as existence and rationality. Full entry
- Forms
- philosophyphilosophies plural
- Spelling
- philosophy → philosophies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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