denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
noun
2.
a follower of this school
Derived forms
Eleaticism (ˌɛlɪˈætɪˌsɪzəm)
noun
Eleatic in American English
(ˌɛliˈætɪk)
adjective
1.
designating or of an ancient Greek school of philosophy which held that true being is singular and unchanging and that plurality, change, and motion are illusory: Parmenides and Zeno were its best-known adherents
noun
2.
an Eleatic philosopher
Derived forms
Eleaticism (ˌEleˈatiˌcism) (ɛliˈætɪˌsɪzəm)
noun
Word origin
L Eleaticus, after Elea (Velia), ancient Gr colony in Italy