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Cyrenaics

Cyrenaics is the plural of Cyrenaic.

Meaning of Cyrenaic

Noun

Cyrenaic (plural Cyrenaics)

  1. (historical) A member or adherent of Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenian, a person of or from Cyrene.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenian
  3. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenaican, a person of or from Cyrenaica, the area around Cyrene in northeastern Libya.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenaican, Cyrenian, Cyrenean, Barcan, Barqan

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Questions about Cyrenaics

What is Cyrenaics the plural of?
Cyrenaics is the plural of Cyrenaic.

Words near Cyrenaics in the dictionary

  1. Cyrenaic
  2. Cyrenaica
  3. Cyrenaican
  4. Cyrenaicans
  5. Cyrenaicism
  6. Cyrenaics
  7. Cyrenaïca
  8. Cyrene
  9. Cyrenean
  10. Cyreneans
  11. Cyrenian

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