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Thucydidean

Thucydidean adjective: relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.

Adjective

Thucydidean (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.
    Synonyms:
    Thucydidesian

Noun

Thucydidean (plural Thucydideans)

  1. One of a group or school of writers in antiquity who considered themselves followers of Thucydides.
  2. A historian of Thucydides.

Synonyms of Thucydidean

Forms of Thucydidean

Adjective
alternative formThucydidian
Noun
pluralThucydideans

Origin of Thucydidean

From Thucydide(s) + -an.

Questions about Thucydidean

What does Thucydidean mean?
Thucydidean means relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.
What part of speech is Thucydidean?
Thucydidean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Thucydidean in the dictionary

  1. Thuban
  2. thucholite
  3. thucholites
  4. thucholitic
  5. thuck
  6. Thucydidean
  7. Thucydideans
  8. Thucydides
  9. Thucydides trap
  10. Thucydides traps
  11. Thucydidesian

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