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ANAXIMANDER
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• ANAXIMANDER (noun)
The noun ANAXIMANDER has 1 sense:
1. a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC)
Familiarity information: ANAXIMANDER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
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