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  • adjective Nonstandard spelling of philosophical.

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phylosophy +‎ -ical

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Examples

  • Communism is a phylosophical, economical and a political doctrine.

    Think Progress » Armitage Fears Bombing Campaign Will ‘End Up Empowering Hezbollah’ 2006

  • As a newly qualified Barrister, I've done my fair shair of phylosophical rhetoric but I've never pretended it actually changes minds.

    It's This Kind of Knee-Jerk Reaction That's a Sin 2007

  • Joshua Hagler: Rising artistic San Fransisco talent, represented by art galleries in the US and Europe, made large oil paintings reflecting his phylosophical views on the world as w live in.

    ASHLEY WOOD 2010

  • For no phylosophical reason, simply because it is measurable.

    iMechanica - Comments infinique 2009

  • As always, your phylosophical point of view pietropizzi

    Esato discussion forum 2009

  • This might sound too phylosophical to u, but its true ..

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Some historians portray Hamilton’s speech as either a calculated forensic tack, staking out an extreme position to make the Virginia plan look more moderate, or presenting his “phylosophical searchings” in order to raise the intellectual level of debate.

    Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

  • Some historians portray Hamilton’s speech as either a calculated forensic tack, staking out an extreme position to make the Virginia plan look more moderate, or presenting his “phylosophical searchings” in order to raise the intellectual level of debate.

    Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

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