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Pyrrhonisms

Pyrrhonisms is the plural of Pyrrhonism.

Meaning of Pyrrhonism

Noun

Pyrrhonism (countable and uncountable, plural Pyrrhonisms)

  1. The system of skeptical philosophy established by Pyrrho of Elis, centred on the idea that nothing can be known for certain; widespread skepticism, universal doubt.
    • Whosoever shall imagine a perpetuall confession of ignorance, and a judgement upright and without staggering, to what occasion soever may chance; That man conceives the true Phyrrhonisme.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about Pyrrhonisms

What is Pyrrhonisms the plural of?
Pyrrhonisms is the plural of Pyrrhonism.

Words near Pyrrhonisms in the dictionary

  1. Pyrrhonean
  2. Pyrrhonian
  3. Pyrrhonic
  4. Pyrrhonical
  5. Pyrrhonism
  6. Pyrrhonisms
  7. Pyrrhonist
  8. Pyrrhonistic
  9. Pyrrhonists
  10. pyrrhonize
  11. pyrrhonized

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