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strategy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (strat?gía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from ????????? (strat?gós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from ??????? (stratós, “army”) + ??? (ág?, “I lead, I conduct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?æt?d?i/
Noun
strategy (countable and uncountable, plural strategies)
- The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
- A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) The use of advance planning to succeed in politics or business.
Usage notes
- Verbs often used with "strategy": drive, follow, pursue, execute, implement, adopt, abandon, accept, reject, create.
Synonyms
- generalship
Coordinate terms
- (an art of using similar techniques in politics or business): tactics
Derived terms
Related terms
- stratagem
- strategus
Translations
See also
- long game
Further reading
- strategy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- strategy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- strategy at OneLook Dictionary Search
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philosophy
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)
- (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
- (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 […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
- (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
- (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
- (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
- A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
- (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.
- 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions (?ISBN)
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)
- (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.
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