different between philosophy vs aspiration

English

Alternative forms

• philosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophy (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía), from ????? (phílos, “loving”) + ????? (sophía, “wisdom”). Synchronically, philo- +? -sophy. Displaced native Old English ?þwitegung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?fi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?fi/

Noun

philosophy (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)

1. (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
2. (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

3. (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
4. (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

5. (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
6. (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
7. A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
8. (printing, dated) Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
   • 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions (?ISBN)

     Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^[sic] sometimes known, philosophy.

     – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:philosophy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

philosophy (third-person singular simple present philosophies, present participle philosophying, simple past and past participle philosophied)

1. (now rare) To philosophize.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms
• ideology

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “philosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “philosophy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• "philosophy" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 235.

English

Etymology 1

aspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æsp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).

   Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• aspirationalism
• aspirationalist

Translations

Etymology 2

From aspirate +? -ion or borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The action of aspirating.
2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• preaspiration

Translations

Further reading

• aspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aspiration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.?a.sj??/

Noun

aspiration f (plural aspirations)

1. aspiration

Related terms

• aspirer

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).