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PHILOSOPHIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philosophizing mean? 

PHILOSOPHIZING (noun)
  The noun PHILOSOPHIZING has 1 sense:

1. the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophyplay

  Familiarity information: PHILOSOPHIZING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHILOSOPHIZING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("philosophizing" is a kind of...):

exposition; expounding (a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "philosophizing"):

moralisation; moralization; moralizing (indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code)

Derivation:

philosophize (reason philosophically)


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