思 想 家(しそうか)

しそうか

noun

thinker; intellectual

occupation person

1. thinker; intellectual

A person known for developing and expressing original ideas, especially about society, politics, or human life.

有名(ゆうめい)な思想家(しそうか)。

A famous thinker.

彼(かれ)は時代(じだい)を代表(だいひょう)する思想家(しそうか)だ。

He is a thinker who represents his era.

その思想家(しそうか)の考(かんが)えは後(のち)の社会(しゃかい)に大(おお)きな影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えた。

That thinker's ideas had a great influence on later society.

The suffix 〜家(か) marks a specialist or practitioner. 思想家(しそうか) stresses original thought rather than academic credentials.

Common collocations

時代(じだい)を代表(だいひょう)する思想家(しそうか): a thinker representative of an era
啓蒙(けいもう)思想家(しそうか): an Enlightenment thinker

Similar words

哲学者(てつがくしゃ): philosopher — focuses on philosophy as a discipline
評論家(ひょうろんか): critic; commentator — comments on current affairs and culture

Related Words

Compare: 哲学者(てつがくしゃ) (philosopher)

Compare: 評論家(ひょうろんか) (critic)

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