Pyrrhonisticadj.
/ˌpɪrəˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɪrəˈnɪstɪk/ Chiefly Philosophy.
Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a Pyrrhonist or of Pyrrhonism; = Pyrrhonian adj.
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1846 Brit. Q. Rev. 1 Nov. 310 A tendency to that Pyrrhonistic conclusion, at once absurd and painful, that, in this direction, nothing can be concluded!
1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 146 Disciples of a radically and essentially Pyrrhonistic system of theosophy.
1905 W. James in Mind 14 iii. 56 It is unjust this temper of renunciation, so different from that of pyrrhonistic scepticism, that the spirit of humanism..essentially consists.
1972 18th-cent. Stud. 5 529 In his thirty articles we read..not just the Pyrrhonistic condemnation of traditional modes of mnemonic erudition, but a pervasive anti-intellectualism.
2001 J. Noggle Skeptical Sublime i. 18 Some scholars have proposed that specifically Academic skepticism represents a middle way between dogmatism and Pyrrhonistic doubt in the minds of many.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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