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Neopythagorean

Neopythagorean adjective: of or pertaining to Neopythagoreanism.

Adjective

Neopythagorean (comparative more Neopythagorean, superlative most Neopythagorean)

  1. Of or pertaining to Neopythagoreanism.
    • Nevertheless Neopythagorean treatises are extant that were written in Alexandria at the end of the first century B.C. Some of these treatises were written by women adopting as pennames the names of earlier female disciples and relatives of Pythagoras.2013, Helene Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity, page 311

Noun

Neopythagorean (plural Neopythagoreans)

  1. An adherent of Neopythagoreanism.

Forms of Neopythagorean

Adjective
comparativemore Neopythagorean
superlativemost Neopythagorean
alternative formneo-Pythagorean
Noun
pluralNeopythagoreans

Origin of Neopythagorean

From neo- + Pythagorean.

Questions about Neopythagorean

What does Neopythagorean mean?
Neopythagorean means of or pertaining to Neopythagoreanism.
What part of speech is Neopythagorean?
Neopythagorean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Neopythagorean in the dictionary

  1. neopunks
  2. neopuritan
  3. neopuritanical
  4. neopuritanism
  5. neopuritans
  6. Neopythagorean
  7. Neopythagoreanism
  8. Neopythagoreans
  9. neoquassin
  10. neoracism
  11. neoracisms

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