Pythagoreanism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers. uncountable

    "Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain."

  2. 2
    Vegetarianism. uncountable

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abstentionabstinenceasceticismatomismavoidancecelibacy

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"Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain."

Etymology

From Pythagorean + -ism.

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