school of thought

school of thought (plural schools of thought)

1. 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.

• ideology

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “School of thought”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.