the philosophy of Averroës, largely based on Aristotelianism and asserting the unity of an active intellect common to all human beings while denying personal immortality
Also: Averrhoism
Derived forms
AverroistAverrhoist
noun
AverroisticAverrhoistic
adjective
Word origin
[1745–55; averro(ës) + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coda, compressor, debut, recapture, symmetrical-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)