Pythagoreanism

American  

[pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm] / pɪˌθæg əˈri əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.

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Pythagoreanism British  

/ paɪˌθæɡəˈriːəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the teachings of Pythagoras and his followers, esp that the universe is essentially a manifestation of mathematical relationships

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Etymology

Origin of Pythagoreanism

First recorded in 1720–30; Pythagorean + -ism

Example Sentences

The difference was that Pythagoreanism, the nexus, was only six hundrd years away, and the memory of it fairly fresh.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

We are told much of his charity; indeed, an English author has written a learned work to prove that Pythagoreanism has close affinities with Christianity.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

Thank the success of Confucius and Laotse; and blame the failure of Pythagoreanism, for that!

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

Pythagoreanism, although its origin is veiled in mystery, was always full of the mysticism of the East.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, each lasted on as a grand force for human upliftment; but Pythagoreanism, as an organized instrument of the Spirit, passed.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth