philosophy :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. [the knowledge concerned with the meaning of existence, reality etc.]

n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"

philosophy

n. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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concept, conception, construct

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

prognosis, forecast

n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

hypothesis, possibility, theory

n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

political orientation, ideology, political theory

n. an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

position, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

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