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neo-Pythagoreanism
[ nee-oh-pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm ]
/ ˌni oʊ pɪˌθæg əˈri əˌnɪz əm /
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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.
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Origin of neo-Pythagoreanism
First recorded in 1860–65
OTHER WORDS FROM neo-Pythagoreanism
ne·o-Py·thag·o·re·an, noun, adjectiveWords nearby neo-Pythagoreanism
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