noun
- A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
- synonyms: doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
- The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.
- Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.
- usage: "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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