PHILOSOPHIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philosophize mean? 

• PHILOSOPHIZE (verb)
  The verb PHILOSOPHIZE has 1 sense:

1. reason philosophically

  Familiarity information: PHILOSOPHIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILOSOPHIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they philosophize    ... he / she / it philosophizes   
Past simple: philosophized   
Past participle: philosophized   
-ing form: philosophizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reason philosophically

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

philosophise; philosophize

Hypernyms (to "philosophize" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

philosophizer (someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view)

philosophizing (the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy)

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

 Context examples 

“And he has never philosophized on life,” I added.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)