PERIPATETICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peripateticism mean? 

• PERIPATETICISM (noun)
  The noun PERIPATETICISM has 1 sense:

1. (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science

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

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• PERIPATETICISM (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Aristotelianism; peripateticism

Context example:

Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought

Hypernyms ("peripateticism" 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:

Peripatetic (a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism)