school of thought

school of thought (plural schools of thought)

1. An opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group.

   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.

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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