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ARISTOTELIANISM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
Example:
Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought
Synonyms:
Aristotelianism; peripateticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Aristotelianism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Derivation:
Aristotelean; Aristotelian (a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism)
