Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense philosophizes, present participle philosophizing, past tense, past participle philosophizedregional note: in BRIT, also use philosophise
verb
If you say that someone is philosophizing, you mean that they are talking or thinking about important subjects, sometimes instead of doing something practical.
Of course these leaders do more than preach and philosophize. [VERB]
...a tendency to philosophize about racial harmony. [V + about/on]
[Also VERB with quote]
philosophizinguncountable noun
The General was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgentproblems.
philosophize in British English
or philosophise (fɪˈlɒsəˌfaɪz)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to make philosophical pronouncements and speculations
2. (transitive)
to explain philosophically
Derived forms
philosophization (phiˌlosophiˈzation) or philosophisation (phiˌlosophiˈsation)
noun
philosophizer (phiˈlosoˌphizer) or philosophiser (phiˈlosoˌphiser)
noun
philosophize in American English
(fɪˈlɑsəˌfaɪz)
verb intransitiveWord forms: phiˈlosoˌphized or phiˈlosoˌphizing
1.
to deal philosophically with abstract matter; think or reason like a philosopher
2.
to express superficial philosophic ideas, truisms, etc.; esp., to moralize