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# philosophical

«philosophical» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (philosophical; adverb philosophically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#m1)

2) Calm and accepting when something bad happens: «He was philosophical about losing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: philosophy for children (P4C) asks philosophical questions — «Is it ever OK to lie?» In stories: Rat or Badger may be philosophical, accepting things calmly. Phrase: be philosophical about something.

### examples

- «Do animals think?» is a philosophical question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x1)
- He was philosophical about missing the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x2)
- We had a philosophical chat about friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x3)
- Badger took the news philosophically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x4)
- The book has a philosophical feel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x5)
- Alice's Cheshire Cat makes philosophical jokes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x6)
- He refused to accept his teacher's philosophical tenets on the mere ground of their traditional authority. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x7)

### note

From philosophy. Spelling: ph- at the start and in the middle sounds f: phil-o-SOF-ical.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «philosophical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.