Pyrrhonismn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪrənɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrəˌnɪz(ə)m/

Forms: 1600s Pyrrhonisme, 1600s– Pyrrhonism, 1700s Pyrronism. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ism suffix, after Middle French, French pyrrhonisme (1580 in Montaigne). Compare slightly earlier Pyrrhonist n., and also pyrrhonize v.

Chiefly Philosophy.

A system of sceptical philosophy originally expounded by Pyrrho of Elis; the doctrine of the impossibility of attaining certainty of knowledge; absolute or universal scepticism. Hence more generally: scepticism, philosophic doubt.

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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 336 Where he [sc. Archesilaus] established it for a certaine Axiome, he straied from Pyrrhonisme [Fr. du Pyrrhonisme].

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 297 Whoever shall imagine a perpetual Confession of Ignorance, a Judgment without Bias, Propension or Inclination, upon any Occasion whatever, conceives a true Idea of Pyrrhonisme [Fr. il conçoit le Pyrrhonisme].

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. i. 163 You,..tho you disown Philosophy, are yet so true a Proselyte to Pyrrhonism.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. xi. 304 Driven into arrant pyrrhonism, as being wholly uncertain whether we know anything or not.

1863 F. Jacox in Bentley's Misc. 54 241 Another noble lord..avows his disposition to extend his pyrrhonism..to historical facts themselves.

1893 J. B. Brown Stoics & Saints 12 A misinterpretation of the Socratic method was at the root of Pyrrhonism.

1899 S. L. Wilson Theol. Mod. Lit. 359 To lapse into the unreasoning pyrrhonism which would treat all history in the light of ‘a laborious deception skilfully concocted’.

1935 Times 13 Aug. 8/3 Mere Pyrrhonism seems to me to be no more than the infantile correlative of mere assertion.

1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 33 What we are just beginning to understand is that Pooh's hums, no less than ‘The Blue Guitar’, belong too in this epistemological haven of rival creation, this mythopoeia that has gone beyond Pyrrhonism.

1992 Times 18 Apr. 13/4 The current climate of the Church of England seems to me to be one of pyrrhonism—that is, the belief that no certainty is ever possible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrrhonism
释义	Pyrrhonismn. Brit. /ˈpɪrənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Forms: 1600s Pyrrhonisme, 1600s– Pyrrhonism, 1700s Pyrronism. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ism suffix, after Middle French, French pyrrhonisme (1580 in Montaigne). Compare slightly earlier Pyrrhonist n., and also pyrrhonize v. Chiefly Philosophy. A system of sceptical philosophy originally expounded by Pyrrho of Elis; the doctrine of the impossibility of attaining certainty of knowledge; absolute or universal scepticism. Hence more generally: scepticism, philosophic doubt. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [noun] > Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonism1603 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > systems of New Academy1579 Pyrrhonism1603 Middle Academy1660 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 336 Where he [sc. Archesilaus] established it for a certaine Axiome, he straied from Pyrrhonisme [Fr. du Pyrrhonisme]. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 297 Whoever shall imagine a perpetual Confession of Ignorance, a Judgment without Bias, Propension or Inclination, upon any Occasion whatever, conceives a true Idea of Pyrrhonisme [Fr. il conçoit le Pyrrhonisme]. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. i. 163 You,..tho you disown Philosophy, are yet so true a Proselyte to Pyrrhonism. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. xi. 304 Driven into arrant pyrrhonism, as being wholly uncertain whether we know anything or not. 1863 F. Jacox in Bentley's Misc. 54 241 Another noble lord..avows his disposition to extend his pyrrhonism..to historical facts themselves. 1893 J. B. Brown Stoics & Saints 12 A misinterpretation of the Socratic method was at the root of Pyrrhonism. 1899 S. L. Wilson Theol. Mod. Lit. 359 To lapse into the unreasoning pyrrhonism which would treat all history in the light of ‘a laborious deception skilfully concocted’. 1935 Times 13 Aug. 8/3 Mere Pyrrhonism seems to me to be no more than the infantile correlative of mere assertion. 1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 33 What we are just beginning to understand is that Pooh's hums, no less than ‘The Blue Guitar’, belong too in this epistemological haven of rival creation, this mythopoeia that has gone beyond Pyrrhonism. 1992 Times 18 Apr. 13/4 The current climate of the Church of England seems to me to be one of pyrrhonism—that is, the belief that no certainty is ever possible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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