"school of thought" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: schools of thought [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|schools of thought}} school of thought (plural schools of thought)
  1. An opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group): αἵρεσις (haíresis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 學派 (Chinese Mandarin), 学派 (xuépài) (Chinese Mandarin), 流派 (liúpài) (Chinese Mandarin), 派別 (Chinese Mandarin), 派别 (pàibié) (Chinese Mandarin), skolo (Esperanto), koulukunta (Finnish), école de pensée [feminine] (French), Schule [feminine] (German), wissenschaftliche Schule [feminine] [science, sciences] (German), Denkschule [feminine] (German), scuola di pensiero [feminine] (Italian), 学派 (gakuha) (alt: がくは) (Japanese), 流派 (ryūha) (alt: りゅうは) (Japanese), 학파 (hakpa) (Korean), escola de pensamento [feminine] (Portuguese), шко́ла (škóla) (alt: в нау́ке и́ли иску́сстве) [feminine] (Russian), шко́ла мы́сли (škóla mýsli) [feminine] (Russian), нау́чная шко́ла (naúčnaja škóla) (english: scientific school) [feminine] (Russian), escuela de pensamiento [feminine] (Spanish), lära [common-gender] (Swedish), doktrin [common-gender] (Swedish), школа (škola) (Ukrainian), trường phái (Vietnamese)

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
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      "word": "scuola di pensiero"
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "word": "学派"
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      "roman": "ryūha",
      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "word": "流派"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hakpa",
      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "word": "학파"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "escola de pensamento"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "шко́ла мы́сли"
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      "english": "scientific school",
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      "roman": "naúčnaja škóla",
      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
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      "word": "doktrin"
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      "sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
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