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neo-Pythagoreanism

American

[nee-oh-pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌni oʊ pɪˌθæg əˈri əˌnɪz əm /

noun

a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.

Other Word Forms

neo-Pythagorean

noun

Etymology

Origin of neo-Pythagoreanism

First recorded in 1860–65

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