phi·loso·phize philosophizes philosophizing philosophized in BRIT, also use philosophise If you say that someone is philosophizing, you mean that they are talking or thinking about important subjects, sometimes instead of doing something practical. He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure. a tendency to philosophize about racial harmony. + philosophizing phi·loso·phiz·ing The General was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems. philosophise to talk about serious subjects in detail or for a long time
{i} person who philosophizes, person who thinks or reasons like a philosopher; person who think carefully about situations from a philosophical viewpoint (also philosophiser)