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
Miyano, a philosopher whose own research focused on coincidence, writes about that same Kuki text in her letters.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
In the meantime, she’s been meeting with liberal thought leaders—including one philosopher—and donors to survey their thoughts on the state of the country.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 21 May 2026
Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Or that Thales, considered the world’s first true philosopher, thought all matter could eventually be subdivided into water?
—Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
In the meantime, she’s been meeting with liberal thought leaders—including one philosopher—and donors to survey their thoughts on the state of the country.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 21 May 2026
Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Or that Thales, considered the world’s first true philosopher, thought all matter could eventually be subdivided into water?
—Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosopher
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The global village is a phrase that is closely associated with the Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan.—
Brian A. Cogan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 May 2026
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Last year, Perry Anderson, the grand old theorist of the British New Left, offered an account of populism that strongly suggested that its purveyors on the right and left could pursue a common agenda.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Noun
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And traditions that might otherwise disappear get another generation of practitioners — some of them tourists who go home and keep practicing, others members of younger generations in the host community who see a viable career in continuing the craft.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Honeybees buzz at roughly 250 to 300 Hz, a frequency practitioners say falls into a soothing range for the nervous system.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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Santos, wearing a beige crewneck sweatshirt, tan pants, and headphones to listen to a Spanish interpreter, did not visibly react when his sentence was imposed.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Uribe apologized through an interpreter, but also directed some of the blame toward the Cardinals.—
Jim Hoehn,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Philosopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosopher. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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