as in theorist
a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience
a philosopher of freedom
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Recent Examples of philosopher
The medieval philosopher al-Farabi, who considered democracy the least imperfect of imperfect governments, is mentioned only in passing.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Lisbon’s destruction forced philosophers, scientists, and leaders to ask new questions.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Irony is thus the amulet of thought, which is why it is favored by philosophers from Socrates to Kierkegaard to Derrida.
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Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
There was Asher Durand, master of the winsome glade; John Frederick Kensett, poet of still waters; and, above all, Thomas Cole, the philosopher-king of landscape, with whom an 18-year-old Church arranged to study privately.
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Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Lisbon’s destruction forced philosophers, scientists, and leaders to ask new questions.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Irony is thus the amulet of thought, which is why it is favored by philosophers from Socrates to Kierkegaard to Derrida.
—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
There was Asher Durand, master of the winsome glade; John Frederick Kensett, poet of still waters; and, above all, Thomas Cole, the philosopher-king of landscape, with whom an 18-year-old Church arranged to study privately.
—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosopher
Noun
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That’s one of the things that's true, is that some people called me a conspiracy [theorist] on the Epstein stuff.
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The political theorist Hélène Landemore has won notice as a champion of direct democracy, which would allow the barriers between center and periphery to give way.
Noun
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That was a driving question as reporters Carrie Teegardin and Danny Robbins set out to examine how the state was responding to practitioners touting unproven and disproven health treatments.
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In the 1960s and 70s, feminist historians viewed these transformations instead as the loss of female authority at the hands of unsafe, overly interventionist male practitioners; female midwives were not permitted to use instruments.
Noun
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Like Sodais, the interpreter had been trying to get a special immigrant visa.
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Judge Ling asked a boy named Anthony, through a Spanish interpreter.
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“Philosopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosopher. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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