{
    "term": "philosophical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with philosophy",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the philosophical writings of Kant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "philosophic debate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Roth's story is deeply philosophical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The debate was getting too philosophical for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a purely philosophical argument"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is one of the most important pieces of philosophical writing of the twentieth century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Modern science was given its philosophical basis by Descartes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The level of philosophical debate is usually quite high."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pamphlet attempted a philosophical justification for the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The university remained at the forefront of philosophical thinking."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "deeply", "rather"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having a calm attitude towards a difficult or disappointing situation",
            "sensetop": "philosophical (about something)",
            "labels": "(approving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was philosophical about losing and said that he'd be back next year to try again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mum's being quite philosophical about the whole thing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to be philosophical about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could wax philosophical on all the injustices of life."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stoic",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["very", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl/",
                "audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophical__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪk/",
                "audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪkl/",
                "audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophical__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪk/",
                "audio": "ph/philosophical/philosophic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}