Alexandrist

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noun

A member of the group of Renaissance philosophers who revived the naturalistic psychology of the ancient Greek commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias; they debated orthodox Catholic views and Averroists by arguing that the individual human soul and its rational intellect is entirely mortal and perishes with the physical body.

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Meanings

nounAlexandrist (plural Alexandrists)

plural Alexandrists

  1. A member of the group of Renaissance philosophers who revived the naturalistic psychology of the ancient Greek commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias; they debated orthodox Catholic views and Averroists by arguing that the individual human soul and its rational intellect is entirely mortal and perishes with the physical body.

Origin

From Alexander + -ist, after Alexander of Aphrodisias.

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Alexandrist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrist

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“Alexandrist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alexandrist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alexandrist.

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