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Bourbakism

Bourbakism noun: a 20th-century French movement aiming to found all of mathematics on set theory.

Noun

Bourbakism (uncountable)

  1. A 20th-century French movement aiming to found all of mathematics on set theory.

Origin of Bourbakism

From French bourbakisme, equivalent to Bourbaki + -ism, after the fictional Nicolas Bourbaki, collective pseudonym for a group of French mathematicians.

Questions about Bourbakism

What does Bourbakism mean?
Bourbakism means a 20th-century French movement aiming to found all of mathematics on set theory.
What part of speech is Bourbakism?
Bourbakism is a noun.

Words near Bourbakism in the dictionary

  1. Bourassas
  2. Bouray-sur-Juine
  3. Bourbah
  4. Bourbakian
  5. Bourbakians
  6. Bourbakism
  7. Bourbakist
  8. Bourbakists
  9. Bourbeau
  10. Bourbeaus
  11. bourbon

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