school of thought
A particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speakerA particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speaker.
» I was supposed to go to school yesterday, but I thought it was a holiday, so I didn't.
Meaning
2 sensesA particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speaker.
Well, there are two schools of thought on that topic...
(broadly)A group of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlook of a philosophy.
He did not belong to the school of thought that believed Jackson Pollock to be much of an artist.
Schule, wissenschaftliche Schule, Denkschule
шко́лаškóla, шко́ла мы́слиškóla mýsli, нау́чная шко́лаnaúčnaja škóla
школаškola
- a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Examples
11 sentencesI was supposed to go to school yesterday, but I thought it was a holiday, so I didn't.
I considered leaving school, but thought better of it.
deIch erwog, von der Schule abzugehen, überlegte es mir aber noch einmal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
In that period, scholars in favor of this school of thought predominated.
At that time, the two main schools of thought in psychology were behaviourism and psychoanalysis.
deZu jener Zeit waren die zwei Hauptströmungen der Psychologie der Behaviorismus und die Psychoanalyse. — Yorwba
When I started graduate school, I thought I wanted to be a molecular biologist, but the lab work is too boring.
Translations
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Forms
plural: schools of thought| Singular | school of thought |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school:doctrinephilosophyphilosophical systemism
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular