What is another word for philosophizes?

Pronunciation: [fɪlˈɒsəfˌa͡ɪzɪz] (IPA)

Philosophizes is a word that refers to the act of engaging in philosophical questioning or reflection. There are several synonyms for philosophizes that can be used to describe this process. Some possible synonyms might include ponders, reflects, meditates, contemplates, ruminates, muses, introspects, or speculates. Each of these words carries its own specific connotation and nuance, but all share a common thread of intellectual exploration and inquiry. Whether one is a professional philosopher or simply engaged in the pursuit of personal growth and understanding, there are many different ways to approach the process of philosophizing and exploring the big questions of life and existence.

What are the hypernyms for Philosophizes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Philosophizes

Unlike most teachers He philosophizes little about life.
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson
Still it must not be supposed that the majority really philosophizes at all even to this extent.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
The more formal poems addressed to Augustus and his house-hold sometimes sound the note of affectation, but the most exacting critic will hesitate to bring a like charge against the odes which celebrate the fields and hamlets of Italy and the prowess of her citizen-soldiers of time gone by, or against the mellow epistles and lyrics in which the poet philosophizes upon the spectacle of human life.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman

Famous quotes with Philosophizes

  • It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity.
    Charles Cooley
  • Plato … says a multitude can never philosophize and hence can never recognize the seriousness of philosophy or who really philosophizes. Attempting to influence the multitude results in forced prostitution.
    Allan Bloom
  • The one version of the bourgeois comprises the artisan, the trader, the official, the financier, and the entrepreneur, all of whom, in their own way, can claim to know what labor is. Juxtaposed to them from the beginning, stands a type of bourgeois who does research, writes poetry, composes and makes music, and philosophizes and who believes that these activities develop a world that is self-sufficient. It is obvious that these two fractions of the bourgeois ego get on only superficially and come together only in the hollow connection of property and cultivation. They create the century-long tension between the good and the evil bourgeois, the idealist and the exploiter, the visionary and the pragmatist, the ideally liberated bourgeois and the laboring bourgeois. This tension remains as inexhaustible as that between the world of work and “freedom” in general.
    Peter Sloterdijk

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