Meanings
plural peripateticisms
- uncountableusuallyThe doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics
[…] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.
1842, The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
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Origin
From peripatetic + -ism. Compare French péripatétisme.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian peripateticismo
- peripateticismoTranslations
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peripateticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripateticism
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