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
Disney's birds-and-bees-and-skunk classic shines especially brightly whenever this provocative forest philosopher takes the screen.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 May 2025
He was repeatedly praised by mouthpieces for the Putin regime, such as the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, and the right-wing philosopher Alexander Dugin.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the late German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is among a group of late modern thinkers including Karl Marx associated with nihilistic believes.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Lina left her family library behind, except for three books about fellow voyagers: the Chinese poet Du Fu, Baruch Spinoza, the Portuguese Jewish philosopher exiled to the Netherlands, and Hannah Arendt, the German philosopher who, as as Jew, was forced to flee when the Nazis took power.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 May 2025
He was repeatedly praised by mouthpieces for the Putin regime, such as the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, and the right-wing philosopher Alexander Dugin.
—Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the late German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is among a group of late modern thinkers including Karl Marx associated with nihilistic believes.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Lina left her family library behind, except for three books about fellow voyagers: the Chinese poet Du Fu, Baruch Spinoza, the Portuguese Jewish philosopher exiled to the Netherlands, and Hannah Arendt, the German philosopher who, as as Jew, was forced to flee when the Nazis took power.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosopher
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From anarchists to orders Antonio Gramsci, the early 20th-century Italian Marxist theorist, expanded the concept of hegemony beyond international relations into a class analysis.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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Before long, a loose collection of internet theorists took on the private-messaging channel as an object of investigation.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Change In Vaccine Policy Occurs As New Variant Surges In Asia Public health practitioners worry that Kennedy’s directive will decrease access to COVID-19 vaccines.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Said flirting gets him in the crosshairs of Connor (Aramis Knight), Mia’s ex and a karate practitioner who studies at a dojo run by a shady master while training for the Five Boroughs Tournament, a series of fights occurring across the city.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
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Kikuchi said through his interpreter that the grip wasn’t a significant issue.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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The office was designed to help Afghans, such as interpreters who aided the U.S. military, who were eligible for resettlement in the U.S. due to their work helping America during the war.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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“Philosopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosopher. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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