Aristotelianism

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

noun

the philosophy of Aristotle.
emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations.

Origin of Aristotelianism

First recorded in 1835–45; Aristotelian + -ism

Aristotelianism, however, did not reign without a rival even in the later Middle Ages.
History of Modern Philosophy | Alfred William Benn
The reforms initiated mainly by Melanchthon had not, indeed, contemplated the overthrow of Aristotelianism.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 | Various
The modifications upon the almost exclusive Aristotelianism of the first period, were significant.
Practical Essays | Alexander Bain
Like the German Reformers, he had accepted Aristotelianism as a basis, with a similar process of reconciliation.
Practical Essays | Alexander Bain
But Aristotelianism as a system soon ceased to be in vogue, and by the sixth century was no longer known.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor

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