tư trào
Definition
- Noun:
- Intellectual current / trend of thought: A prevailing or influential stream of ideas, philosophies, or ideologies characteristic of a specific historical period or era.
- Thought movement: A collective direction or movement in thinking within a particular field, such as philosophy, literature, or politics, during a defined time.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tư trào dân chủ lan rộng khắp châu Âu vào thế kỷ 19. (The democratic intellectual current spread throughout Europe in the 19th century.)
- Giới nghiên cứu đang phân tích tư trào triết học mới. (Researchers are analyzing the new philosophical trend of thought.)
- Ông ấy chịu ảnh hưởng sâu sắc từ tư trào thời Khai sáng. (He was deeply influenced by the thought movement of the Enlightenment era.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is considered somewhat archaic or academic in modern Vietnamese. It is primarily used in historical, philosophical, or sociological discourse to describe broad ideological shifts.
- It often refers to large-scale, epoch-defining systems of thought rather than short-lived fashions.
Variants and Related Words
- Trào lưu tư tưởng (n): A more common modern phrase with a very similar meaning: "current of thought" or "ideological trend."
- Trào lưu tư tưởng hậu hiện đại. (The postmodern current of thought.)
Synonyms
- Current of thought
- Intellectual trend
- Ideological movement
- School of thought (when referring to a more defined group)
Related Concepts
- Hệ tư tưởng (n): Ideology - a more structured system of beliefs.
- Tư tưởng (n): Thought, idea, doctrine.
- Trào lưu (n): Trend, wave, movement (can be used more broadly for cultural or social trends, not exclusively intellectual).