school of thought

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school of thought (plural schools of thought)

  1. A particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speaker.
    Well, there are two schools of thought on that topic...
  2. (by extension) 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.
    • 2018 September 21, Mark Rice-Oxley, “Don't mention the R-word”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.

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