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philosopher | reflects |

As a noun philosopher

is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.

As a verb reflects is

(reflect).

philosopher

English

Alternative forms

* phylosopher (nonstandard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.
  • * 2007 , (Harold Bloom), Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
  • *:Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher . He knows how to sell tickets.
  • * 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice)
  • *:This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
  • (obsolete) An alchemist.
    • (Chaucer)

    Antonyms

    * nonphilosopher

    Related terms

    * philosopher's stone * philosophical * philosophizer * philosophy

    References

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    reflects

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reflect)

    • reflect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
    • A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
  • To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
    • The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
  • To mirror, or show the image of something.
    • The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
  • To be mirrored.
    • His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
  • To agree with; to closely follow.
    • Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
  • To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
    • The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
    The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • (senseid) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
    • People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
  • * 1985 , , Option Lock , page 229:
    • Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

    Synonyms

    * See also
    Derived terms
    * reflective * reflexion * unreflective * nonreflective * reflectorize