Pythagoreanism

English

Etymology

Pythagorean +‎ -ism

Noun

Pythagoreanism (uncountable)

(philosophy) The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
- 1987, Edward George Weltin, Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 71:
  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.
(food) Vegetarianism.

Derived terms

Neopythagoreanism

Related terms

Pythagorean

Translations

beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers

Czech: pythagoreismus m, pythagorejství n
Finnish: pythagoralaisuus
Italian: pitagoreismo m, pitagorismo (it) m
Polish: pitagoreizm (pl) m

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