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philosophical

 adjective
     
Related topics: Philosophy
phil‧o‧soph‧i‧cal also phil‧o‧soph‧ic
1RP relating to philosophy:
the philosophical problem of whether there is free will
a philosophical argument
2 calmly accepting a difficult or unpleasant situation which cannot be changed
philosophical about
Some old people are philosophical about death.
He was by nature a philosophical person.
—philosophically adverb
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