单词 | pyrrhonically |
释义 | Pyrrhonicallyadv. In a Pyrrhonic manner; sceptically, doubtfully. Cf. Pyrrhonism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb] doubtouslyc1350 incertainly1530 doubtinglya1535 unsurely1595 falteringly1611 uncertainly1613 dubitatively1615 with a grain of salt1647 doubtily1654 hesitantly1660 unsatisfiedly1661 doubtfully1664 Pyrrhonically1710 uncertaina1718 dubitatingly1827 undecidedly1856 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > [adverb] scepticly1633 sceptically1671 Pyrrhonically1710 1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. I. 64/2 Sextus Empiricus..handles the Matter like a Man of his Profession, I mean pyrrhonically. 1842 S. Gray Messiad v. 106 Give up To speculations serving nought, or who Pyrrhonically doubt of all, and seek Save to embroil the mental universe In a dark chaos of opposing doubts. 1967 20th Cent. Lit. 13 146/1 Intellectually, he favors anti-intellectualism, but his instincts..continue to make him a cold, pyrrhonically indifferent ironist. 1998 W. D. Hart in S. M. Olyan & M. C. Nussbaum Sexual Orientation & Human Rights in Amer. Relig. Disc. 207 Only in the..West, with its terminally, ‘pyrrhonically’ skeptical, pseudosophisticated savants, are human rights construed solely as metaphysical. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1710 |
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