PHILOSOPHIZING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("philosophizing" is a kind of...):

exposition; expounding (a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "philosophizing"):

moralisation; moralization; moralizing (indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code)

Derivation:

philosophize (reason philosophically)

-ing form of the verb philosophize