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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the Renaissance.

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Etymology

From Averroes, one name of a celebrated Arabian philosopher who held the doctrine of monopsychism, + -ist.

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