philosophical
adjective
of or relating to philosophy.
quasi-philosophical
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a word derived from
philosophical.
Example Sentences
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It is a very late entry in the long European tradition of the novel as a quasi-philosophical essay in disguise.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
Both she and my son had a vogue for “Would you rather …?” questions, which often initiated interesting quasi-philosophical conversations over the dinner table.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2017
After a bit of quasi-philosophical opening narration that recalls “Blood Simple,” Keating bounces between the mayhem out in the wilderness and flashbacks to what led the characters into Wyatt’s trap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
Handey is best known as the writer and performer of “Deep Thoughts,” a series of quasi-philosophical cracked aphorisms that ran on “Saturday Night Live” from 1991 to 1998.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2013
And thus, the new methods were taken from the Germans, and not by themselves, but with a theoretical substratum, that is, with a quasi-philosophical justification of these methods.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count
