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- noun Plural form of
osophy .
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Examples
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I suppose necessity's training in the wilds must produce the same result in man and beast; and from that fact, faddists of the various "osophies" and "ologies" may draw what conclusions they please; but I affirm that no panther could creep on its prey with more stealth, caution and cunning than the trapper and Indian on the enemy's camp.
Lords of the North 1903
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Hence, instead of trying to find a general definition to cover the conflicting beliefs and widely divergent interests of all pragmatistic phil - osophies, the historian of ideas will find it more in - structive to trace various components of the various doctrines historically held by pragmatists.
PRAGMATISM PHILIP P. WIENER 1968
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The 'ologies and' osophies, the big causes, cultures, and cants are not so sweet to my taste as
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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'osophies simply bewildered her; ritual left her cold, psychology troubled her but little, save only in its practical application to the lives of those she loved.
The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest
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