philosophizing
philosophizing is the present participle and gerund of philosophize.
Meaning of philosophize
Verb
philosophize (third-person singular simple present philosophizes, present participle philosophizing, simple past and past participle philosophized)
- To ponder or reason out philosophically.
- The popular influence of the scientific specialist begins to rival that of the philosopher only when he ceases to be a specialist and commences to philosophize about the progress of his subject—and usually only after he has been taken up by the intellectuals for reasons which have little to do with...1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 424
Noun
philosophizing (plural philosophizings)
- philosophical thought or discussion
- This application of their philosophizings is perfectly legitimate, and the conclusions drawn from these premises are logically and even morally just.1853, New Englander and Yale Review, volume 11, page 281
Forms of philosophizing
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Questions about philosophizing
- What does philosophizing mean?
- Philosophizing means philosophical thought or discussion.
- What is philosophizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Philosophizing is the present participle and gerund of philosophize.
- What part of speech is philosophizing?
- Philosophizing is a noun.
- What is the plural of philosophizing?
- The plural of philosophizing is philosophizings.
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