| APOSTROPHISED | • apostrophised v. Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophise. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
| APOSTROPHISES | • apostrophises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophise. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
| CATASTROPHISM | • catastrophism n. (Geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features… • catastrophism n. (Biology) The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic… • catastrophism n. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic. |
| CATASTROPHIST | • catastrophist adj. Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events… • catastrophist n. A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory. • CATASTROPHIST n. a believer in catastrophism. |
| DEIPNOSOPHIST | • deipnosophist n. A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus’s characters. • DEIPNOSOPHIST n. a person skilled in dinner conversation. |
| DIASTROPHISMS | • diastrophisms n. Plural of diastrophism. • DIASTROPHISM n. the process by which continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds and faults are formed. |
| GYMNOSOPHISTS | • gymnosophists n. Plural of gymnosophist. • GYMNOSOPHIST n. one of a sect of naked ascetics of ancient India, also GYMNOSOPH. |
| PHILOSOPHISED | • philosophised v. Simple past tense and past participle of philosophise. • PHILOSOPHISE v. to reason in the manner of a philosopher, also PHILOSOPHIZE. |
| PHILOSOPHISER | • philosophiser n. Alternative form of philosophizer. • PHILOSOPHISER n. one who philosophises, also PHILOSOPHIZER. |
| PHILOSOPHISES | • philosophises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philosophise. • PHILOSOPHISE v. to reason in the manner of a philosopher, also PHILOSOPHIZE. |
| PHILOSOPHISMS | • philosophisms n. Plural of philosophism. • PHILOSOPHISM n. would-be philosophy. |
| PHILOSOPHISTS | • philosophists n. Plural of philosophist. • PHILOSOPHIST n. a would-be philosopher. |
| SOPHISTICALLY | • sophistically adv. In a sophistical fashion. • SOPHISTICAL adv. relating to sophistry, also SOPHISTIC. |
| SOPHISTICATED | • sophisticated adj. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise. • sophisticated adj. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person;… • sophisticated adj. Complicated, especially of complex technology. |
| SOPHISTICATES | • sophisticates n. Plural of sophisticate. • SOPHISTICATE v. to make artificial or worldly. |
| SOPHISTICATOR | • sophisticator n. One who sophisticates. • SOPHISTICATOR n. one who sophisticates. |
| THEOSOPHISING | • theosophising v. Present participle of theosophise. • THEOSOPHISE v. to practise theosophy, also THEOSOPHIZE. |