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nounPythagoreanism (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain.
1987, Edward George Weltin, Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 71 - uncountableVegetarianism.
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Ancient Greek Πῡθᾰγορῐσμός
- Πῡθᾰγορῐσμός (Pūthăgorĭsmós)beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Bulgarian питагорейство
- питагорейство (pitagorejstvo)beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Czech pythagoreismus, pythagorejství
- pythagoreismusbeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
- pythagorejstvíbeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Finnish pythagoralaisuus
- pythagoralaisuusbeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Greek Πυθαγορισμός
- Πυθαγορισμός (Pythagorismós)beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Italian pitagoreismo, pitagorismo
- pitagoreismobeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
- pitagorismobeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Polish pitagoreizm
- pitagoreizmbeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Portuguese Pitagorismo
- Pitagorismobeliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
Russian пифагореи́зм
- пифагореи́зм (pifagoreízm)beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
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APA
Pythagoreanism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagoreanism
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“Pythagoreanism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagoreanism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pythagoreanism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pythagoreanism.
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