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dephilosophizing

dephilosophizing is the present participle and gerund of dephilosophize.

Meaning of dephilosophize

Verb

dephilosophize (third-person singular simple present dephilosophizes, present participle dephilosophizing, simple past and past participle dephilosophized)

  1. To remove philosophy (from): to replace abstract models with objective observation and concrete description.
    • If we dephilosophize the sciences - what is left - earth, air, and water.1984, Kathleen M. Wheeler, German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism
  2. To make or become unphilosophical.
    • Opinion again, while improved, interesting as it may be to its holders, has no special interest for philosophy; to press philosophy into its service is to dephilosophize it.1872 November, Shadworth H. Hodgson, “The Future of Metaphysic”, in The Contemporary Review, volume 20, page 831

Questions about dephilosophizing

What is dephilosophizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dephilosophizing is the present participle and gerund of dephilosophize.

Words near dephilosophizing in the dictionary

  1. dephilosophises
  2. dephilosophising
  3. dephilosophize
  4. dephilosophized
  5. dephilosophizes
  6. dephilosophizing
  7. dephlegm
  8. dephlegmate
  9. dephlegmated
  10. dephlegmates
  11. dephlegmating

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