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præ-Socratic

præ-Socratic is the obsolete spelling of pre-Socratic.

præ-Socratic is the archaic spelling of pre-Socratic.

Meaning of pre-Socratic

Adjective

pre-Socratic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).

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Forms of præ-Socratic

pluralpræ-Socratics

Questions about præ-Socratic

What is præ-Socratic the obsolete spelling of?
Præ-Socratic is the obsolete spelling of pre-Socratic.

Words near præ-Socratic in the dictionary

  1. præ-Adamite
  2. præ-Adamites
  3. præ-emption
  4. præ-exist
  5. præ-mortem
  6. præ-Socratic
  7. præ-Socratics
  8. præamble
  9. præambles
  10. præantepenultima
  11. præantepenultimas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præ-Socratic (page history and authors); pre-Socratic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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