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{
"term": "philosophical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with philosophy",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the philosophical writings of Kant"
},
{
"text": "philosophic debate"
},
{
"text": "Roth's story is deeply philosophical."
},
{
"text": "The debate was getting too philosophical for me."
},
{
"text": "a purely philosophical argument"
},
{
"text": "It is one of the most important pieces of philosophical writing of the twentieth century."
},
{
"text": "Modern science was given its philosophical basis by Descartes."
},
{
"text": "The level of philosophical debate is usually quite high."
},
{
"text": "The pamphlet attempted a philosophical justification for the war."
},
{
"text": "The university remained at the forefront of philosophical thinking."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["purely", "deeply", "rather"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having a calm attitude towards a difficult or disappointing situation",
"sensetop": "philosophical (about something)",
"labels": "(approving)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was philosophical about losing and said that he'd be back next year to try again."
},
{
"text": "Mum's being quite philosophical about the whole thing."
},
{
"text": "Try to be philosophical about it."
},
{
"text": "I could wax philosophical on all the injustices of life."
}
],
"synonyms": "stoic",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain"],
"adverb": ["very", "quite"],
"preposition": ["about"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl/",
"audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophical__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪk/",
"audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophic__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪkl/",
"audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophical__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪk/",
"audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophic__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}