Pythagoricismn.
/ˌpʌɪθəˈɡɒrᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /pɪθəˈɡɒrᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpaɪθəˈɡɔrəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɪθəˈɡɔrəˌsɪz(ə)m/ rare.
= Pythagoreanism n.; (also) an approach or belief characteristic of Pythagorean philosophy.
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1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 134 His Pythagoracisms in affecting certaine numbers.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pythagoricism, the Tenets, or opinion of Pythagoras.
1857 J. H. M'Mahon in tr. Aristotle Metaphysics xii. vii. 368 (note) This, then, would amount to a simultaneous overthrow of Platonism and Pythagoricism.
2000 K. LeThan Divine Imposture xii. 256 The religion also carried a common Indo-European past, a product of Alexandrian mysticism, Platonism, Pythagoricism, Orphism, and Dionysism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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