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philosophy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of philosophy

  1. the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group our philosophy is to do no harm to anyone Synonyms credo, doctrine, dogma, gospel, ideology (also idealogy), creed, testamentRelated Words manifesto; metaphysic, theory; axiom, tenet, watchword

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