Aristotelianism

[ar-uh-stuh-teel-yuh-niz-uhm, -tee-lee-uh-, uh-ris-tuh-]

noun

1. the philosophy of Aristotle.

2. emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations.

Other Word Forms

• anti-Aristotelianism noun
• pro-Aristotelianism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aristotelianism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Aristotelian + -ism

Example Sentences

Zero was on the way, and just as the church was breaking the shackles of Aristotelianism, it arrived.

From Literature

This was no easy or rapid victory: philosophy, particularly Aristotelianism, had long had a powerful hold over Europe's intellectual life.

From Nature

It was the period of revolt against the Aristotelianism of the schools, and Gassendi shared to the full the empirical tendencies of the age.

From Project Gutenberg

The opposition to Aristotelianism among the humanists has already been alluded to.

From Project Gutenberg

The moral philosophy of Aquinas is Aristotelianism with a Neoplatonic tinge, interpreted and supplemented by a view of Christian dogma derived chiefly from Augustine.

From Project Gutenberg