Usually means: Exploration of fundamental truths, existence.
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  1. philosophy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. philosophy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. philosophy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. philosophy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. philosophy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Philosophy, philosophy: Wordnik
  7. philosophy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. philosophy: Wiktionary
  9. philosophy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. philosophy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. philosophy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. philosophy: Dictionary.com
  13. philosophy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. philosophy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Philosophy (Ben Folds Five song), Philosophy (album), Philosophy (brand), Philosophy (disambiguation), Philosophy (journal), Philosophy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Philosophy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. philosophy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. philosophy: Rhymezone
  19. philosophy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. philosophy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. philosophy: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Philosophy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. philosophy: Free Dictionary
  24. philosophy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. philosophy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. philosophy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. philosophy: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  3. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

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  1. philosophy: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. philosophy: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. philosophy: Hacking Lexicon
  3. philosophy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. philosophy: A Word A Day
  3. philosophy: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  4. Dictionary of Sorts (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Philosophy: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. philosophy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See philosophies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
noun:  (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
noun:  (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
noun:  (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
noun:  (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
noun:  (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
noun:  A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
noun:  (printing, dated) Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
verb:  (now rare) To philosophize.

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