Pythagorism

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Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism

the doctrines and theories of Pythagoras, ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, and the Pythagoreans, especially number relationships in music theory, acoustics, astronomy, and geometry (the Pythagorean theorem for right triangles), a belief in metempsychosis, and mysticism based on numbers. — Pythagorean, n., adj. — Pythagorist, n.See also: Mathematics