Xenophanes
/zɛˈnɒfəniːz/
Xenophanes proper noun: a Greek given name.
Proper noun
Xenophanes
- A Greek given name.
- The pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon; by extension or reference, any profound or transformative religious thinker.
- Lucretius was the Xenophanes of Roman culture, a great theorist (visionary), an ardent disciple of Universal Nature, an enemy of all superstition, false gods, and false fear of death, […]1931, Hermann Schneider, Margaret Minna Green, The History of World Civilization, volume 2, page 614
- No Xenophanes arose amongst the Jews to rebuke them for ascribing to Jahweh acts which would be accounted a shame and a disgrace amongst men; […]1970, John Arthur Passmore, The Perfectibility of Man, page 77
Xenophanes meaning in Bengali
Xenophanes in Bengali
- a Greek philosopher and a poet
- জিনোফেনিস jinōpheniś
Origin of Xenophanes
From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).
Words formed from Xenophanes
Questions about Xenophanes
- What does Xenophanes mean?
- Xenophanes means a Greek given name.
- What is Xenophanes in Bengali?
- Xenophanes in Bengali is জিনোফেনিস (jinōpheniś). See Xenophanes meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Xenophanes?
- Xenophanes is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Xenophanes?
- Xenophanes is pronounced /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/.
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