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ANAXIMENES

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Overview

ANAXIMENES (noun)
  The noun ANAXIMENES has 1 sense:

1. a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC)play

  Familiarity information: ANAXIMENES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ANAXIMENES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)


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