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school_of_thought

school of thought

English

Noun

school of thought ‎(plural schools of thought)

An opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group.
He did not belong to the school of thought that believed Jackson Pollock to be much of an artist.

Translations

opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 學派 (zh), 学派 (zh) ‎(xuépài), 流派 (zh) ‎(liúpài), 派別 (zh), 派别 (zh) ‎(pàibié)
Finnish: koulukunta (fi)
French: école de pensée (fr) f
German: Schule (de) f, wissenschaftliche Schule f (science)
Hindi:
Italian: scuola di pensiero f
Japanese: 学派 (ja) ‎(がくは, gakuha), 流派 ‎(りゅうは, ryūha)

Korean:
Persian:
Russian: шко́ла (ru) f ‎(škóla) (в нау́ке и́ли иску́сстве), шко́ла мы́сли f ‎(škóla mýsli), нау́чная шко́ла f ‎(naúčnaja škóla) (scientific school)
Spanish: escuela de pensamiento f
Thai:
Ukrainian:
Vietnamese:

References

James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.