acousmaticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌakuːzˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/ˌækuzˈmædɪk/

Forms:

α. 1600s– acousmatici (plural).

β. 1600s acousmatick, 1800s– acousmatic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acusmaticus; Greek ἀκουσματικός.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin acusmaticus (1556 or earlier) and its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀκουσματικός probationer in the school of Pythagoras, literally ‘person willing to hear’ < ancient Greek ἀκουσματ- , ἄκουσμα acousma n. + -ικός -ic suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ækɑuzmæ·tik) /ækaʊzˈmætɪk/. In α. forms after the Latin plural form. In sense B. 2 after French acousmatique (1955 or earlier).

A. n.

A member of a group of disciples of Pythagoras who unquestioningly followed his doctrines and precepts (see acousma n.) rather than studying his scientific proofs and demonstrations. Opposed to mathematic n. 3, mathematician.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Presocratic philosopher or adherent > of specific schools

Ionic1483

Pythagorean1531

Pythagorist1576

Italic1594

physiologer1598

Democritean1603

atomist1610

Pythagoric1652

physiologist1653

acousmatic1660

mathematic1660

Pythagorite1660

Anaxagorean1678

Anaximandrian1678

atomic1678

Heraclitic1678

Parmenidean1678

Pythagorician1678

hylopathian1809

atomician1850

neopythagorean1891

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 46 The Acousmatici they, who heard only the chief heads of learning, without more exact explication.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 20 There were many Auditors, called Acousmaticks, whereof he gained..two thousand by one Oration.

1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers 345 Of the approv'd disciples, some were call'd Mathematici..and others Acousmatici who learn'd Doctrines without Demonstrations or Reasons.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Acousmatici stood opposed to the mathematici, who were those initiated into the secrets of science.

1816 T. Taylor Theoretic Arithmet. i. ii. 3 The followers of Hippasus who were called Acousmatici said that number is the first paradigm of the fabrication of the world.

1875 G. Oliver Pythagorean Triangle 71 His disciples passed under the denomination of the Acousmatici and the Mathematici.

1922 Classical Q. 16 139 Tradition points to a split between the Acousmatics..and the Mathematici.

1982 J. Barnes Presocratic Philosophers (rev. ed.) 79 Iamblichus..reports the existence of two rival sets of Pythagoreans, the mathematici and the acousmatici.

2005 S. Rendall tr. C. Riedweg Pythagoras iii. 108 The mathematicians recognized the acousmatics' lifestyle as Pythagoric, but considered their own ‘scientific’ version of Pythagoreanism to be superior.

B. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of this group. Also in extended use: thoughtless, unthinking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers

Pythagorical1570

Pythagorean1579

Anaxagorean1586

Pythagoric1589

Empedoclean1599

Democritean1603

Democritala1617

Democritical1650

atomical1653

Italic1662

Democritish1668

Anaximandrian1678

atomic1678

Democritic1678

Heraclitic1678

hylopathian1678

Parmenidean1678

Heracliticala1688

atomistic1695

Eleatic1695

atomistical1707

acousmatic1753

Pythagorico-Platonic1760

Zenonic1779

Heraclitean1791

neopythagorean1863

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Acousmatici stood opposed to the mathematici,..and the Acousmatic philosophy, to the mathematic.

1920 W. B. Hale Story of Style vi. 227 This is not thought. This is acousmatic improvisation filling up time for vacuity of idea, inhibition, or advanced fatigue.

1964 D. Nicholl & K. Aschenbrenner tr. I. M. Bocheński Contemp. European Philos. iii. 86 Unfortunately Aristotle thrust spiritual life back into the age of childhood and in consequence Europe has remained fixed in the acousmatic groove for twenty centuries.

2009 G. Waite in J. Metzger Nietzsche, Nihilism & Philos. of Future iv. 61 Pythagoras who is rumored to order disobedient members of his ‘acousmatic’ corps executed.

2. Of, designating, or characterized by sound produced without a visible source, or a visual component or association; audible but unseen.This sense originated as an extended use of sense B. 1, owing to the belief that the acousmatic followers of Pythagoras were so called because they were not permitted to see Pythagoras when they listened to his lectures (cf. quot. 1994).

ΚΠ

1972 Leonardo 5 256/1 Listening to live orchestral music is essentially deductive listening, it is strongly deduced from vision, whereas listening to the radio or a phonograph is inductive or acousmatic listening.

1987 Computer Music Jrnl. 11 40/2 Live performance moves towards the acousmatic invisibility of tape music, and the focus shifts from an audiovisual partnership to a purely aural art.

1990 C. Abbate tr. J.-J. Nattiez Music & Disc. iv. 99 Despite all the good will in the world on the part of the ‘acousmatic’ composer, it is quite possible that such works will not actually be heard in the way he or she wished them to be.

1994 M. Chanan Musica Practica x. 267 These soundscapes have the character Schaeffer called acousmatic—a sound without a source—recalling the Acousmatics of ancient Greece, initiates in the Pythagorean brotherhood who were required to listen in silence to lectures delivered from behind a curtain so that the lecturer could not be seen.

2010 A. Parvulescu Laughter 11 The voice is acousmatic: it makes itself heard without its source being visible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acousmatic
释义	acousmaticn.adj. Brit. /ˌakuːzˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌækuzˈmædɪk/ Forms: α. 1600s– acousmatici (plural). β. 1600s acousmatick, 1800s– acousmatic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acusmaticus; Greek ἀκουσματικός. Etymology: < post-classical Latin acusmaticus (1556 or earlier) and its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀκουσματικός probationer in the school of Pythagoras, literally ‘person willing to hear’ < ancient Greek ἀκουσματ- , ἄκουσμα acousma n. + -ικός -ic suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ækɑuzmæ·tik) /ækaʊzˈmætɪk/. In α. forms after the Latin plural form. In sense B. 2 after French acousmatique (1955 or earlier). A. n. A member of a group of disciples of Pythagoras who unquestioningly followed his doctrines and precepts (see acousma n.) rather than studying his scientific proofs and demonstrations. Opposed to mathematic n. 3, mathematician. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [noun] > Presocratic philosopher or adherent > of specific schools Ionic1483 Pythagorean1531 Pythagorist1576 Italic1594 physiologer1598 Democritean1603 atomist1610 Pythagoric1652 physiologist1653 acousmatic1660 mathematic1660 Pythagorite1660 Anaxagorean1678 Anaximandrian1678 atomic1678 Heraclitic1678 Parmenidean1678 Pythagorician1678 hylopathian1809 atomician1850 neopythagorean1891 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 46 The Acousmatici they, who heard only the chief heads of learning, without more exact explication. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 20 There were many Auditors, called Acousmaticks, whereof he gained..two thousand by one Oration. 1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers 345 Of the approv'd disciples, some were call'd Mathematici..and others Acousmatici who learn'd Doctrines without Demonstrations or Reasons. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Acousmatici stood opposed to the mathematici, who were those initiated into the secrets of science. 1816 T. Taylor Theoretic Arithmet. i. ii. 3 The followers of Hippasus who were called Acousmatici said that number is the first paradigm of the fabrication of the world. 1875 G. Oliver Pythagorean Triangle 71 His disciples passed under the denomination of the Acousmatici and the Mathematici. 1922 Classical Q. 16 139 Tradition points to a split between the Acousmatics..and the Mathematici. 1982 J. Barnes Presocratic Philosophers (rev. ed.) 79 Iamblichus..reports the existence of two rival sets of Pythagoreans, the mathematici and the acousmatici. 2005 S. Rendall tr. C. Riedweg Pythagoras iii. 108 The mathematicians recognized the acousmatics' lifestyle as Pythagoric, but considered their own ‘scientific’ version of Pythagoreanism to be superior. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of this group. Also in extended use: thoughtless, unthinking. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1579 Anaxagorean1586 Pythagoric1589 Empedoclean1599 Democritean1603 Democritala1617 Democritical1650 atomical1653 Italic1662 Democritish1668 Anaximandrian1678 atomic1678 Democritic1678 Heraclitic1678 hylopathian1678 Parmenidean1678 Heracliticala1688 atomistic1695 Eleatic1695 atomistical1707 acousmatic1753 Pythagorico-Platonic1760 Zenonic1779 Heraclitean1791 neopythagorean1863 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Acousmatici The Acousmatici stood opposed to the mathematici,..and the Acousmatic philosophy, to the mathematic. 1920 W. B. Hale Story of Style vi. 227 This is not thought. This is acousmatic improvisation filling up time for vacuity of idea, inhibition, or advanced fatigue. 1964 D. Nicholl & K. Aschenbrenner tr. I. M. Bocheński Contemp. European Philos. iii. 86 Unfortunately Aristotle thrust spiritual life back into the age of childhood and in consequence Europe has remained fixed in the acousmatic groove for twenty centuries. 2009 G. Waite in J. Metzger Nietzsche, Nihilism & Philos. of Future iv. 61 Pythagoras who is rumored to order disobedient members of his ‘acousmatic’ corps executed. 2. Of, designating, or characterized by sound produced without a visible source, or a visual component or association; audible but unseen.This sense originated as an extended use of sense B. 1, owing to the belief that the acousmatic followers of Pythagoras were so called because they were not permitted to see Pythagoras when they listened to his lectures (cf. quot. 1994). ΚΠ 1972 Leonardo 5 256/1 Listening to live orchestral music is essentially deductive listening, it is strongly deduced from vision, whereas listening to the radio or a phonograph is inductive or acousmatic listening. 1987 Computer Music Jrnl. 11 40/2 Live performance moves towards the acousmatic invisibility of tape music, and the focus shifts from an audiovisual partnership to a purely aural art. 1990 C. Abbate tr. J.-J. Nattiez Music & Disc. iv. 99 Despite all the good will in the world on the part of the ‘acousmatic’ composer, it is quite possible that such works will not actually be heard in the way he or she wished them to be. 1994 M. Chanan Musica Practica x. 267 These soundscapes have the character Schaeffer called acousmatic—a sound without a source—recalling the Acousmatics of ancient Greece, initiates in the Pythagorean brotherhood who were required to listen in silence to lectures delivered from behind a curtain so that the lecturer could not be seen. 2010 A. Parvulescu Laughter 11 The voice is acousmatic: it makes itself heard without its source being visible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1660
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