dephilosophize verb2 •To remove philosophy (from): to replace abstract models with objective observation and concrete description.If we dephilosophize the sciences - what is left - earth, air, and water. — 1984 •To make or become unphilosophical.Opinion again, while improved, interesting as it may be to its holders, has no special interest for philosophy; to press philosophy into its service is to dephilosophize it. — 1872 formsdephilosophized · dephilosophizing · dephilosophizes