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Neopythagoreanism

Neopythagoreanism noun: a Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE.

Noun

Neopythagoreanism (uncountable)

  1. A Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE.

Forms of Neopythagoreanism

alternative formNeo-Pythagoreanism
alternative formneo-Pythagoreanism

Origin of Neopythagoreanism

From neo- + Pythagoreanism.

Questions about Neopythagoreanism

What does Neopythagoreanism mean?
Neopythagoreanism means a Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE.
What part of speech is Neopythagoreanism?
Neopythagoreanism is a noun.

Words near Neopythagoreanism in the dictionary

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

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