Meanings
nounAverroism (plural Averroisms)
plural Averroisms
- human sciencesThe tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism.
The first concerns the problem that Latin Averroism presented to Western philosophy in connection with its doctrine that there is only one mind for all human beings—a doctrine that has come to be called monopsychism.
2014, Markus Führer, Echoes of Aquinas in Cusanus's Vision of Man, page 115
Translations
Arabic الرُّشْدِيَّة
- الرُّشْدِيَّة (ar-rušdiyya)tenets of the Averroists
Finnish averroismi
- averroismitenets of the Averroists
French averroïsme
- averroïsmetenets of the Averroists
German Averroismus
- Averroismustenets of the Averroists
Indonesian averoisme
- averoismetenets of the Averroists
Italian averroismo
- averroismotenets of the Averroists
Spanish averroísmo
- averroísmotenets of the Averroists
Cite this entry
APA
Averroism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Averroism
MLA
“Averroism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Averroism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Averroism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Averroism.
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