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Pythagoreanism

Pythagoreanism noun: the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.

Noun

Pythagoreanism (uncountable)

  1. The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
    • Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain.1987, Edward George Weltin, Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 71
  2. Vegetarianism.

Origin of Pythagoreanism

From Pythagorean + -ism.

Words formed from Pythagoreanism

Questions about Pythagoreanism

What does Pythagoreanism mean?
Pythagoreanism means the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
What part of speech is Pythagoreanism?
Pythagoreanism is a noun.

Words near Pythagoreanism in the dictionary

  1. Pythagorean triangles
  2. Pythagorean trigonometric identities
  3. Pythagorean trigonometric identity
  4. Pythagorean triple
  5. Pythagorean triples
  6. Pythagoreanism
  7. Pythagoreans
  8. Pythagoric
  9. Pythagorical
  10. Pythagorically
  11. Pythagorician

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