Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-socratic

/ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: pre--so-crat-ic
IPA: /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).

noun

Any of the pre-Socratic philosophers, viz. Thales (circa 624–546 BCE), Anaximander (circa 610–546 BCE), Anaximenes (circa 585–525 BCE), Pythagoras (circa 576–495 BCE), Xenophanes (circa 570–480 BCE), Heraclitus (circa 535–475 BCE), Parmenides (early-5ᵗʰ century BCE), Anaxagoras (circa 500–428 BCE), Empedocles (circa 490–430 BCE), and Democritus (circa 460–370 BCE).

Example Sentences

"Hers is the philosophy that stood before the speculations of the presocratics; she is the "Holy Mother Church" which Descartes challenged when he cut the umbilical cord between philosophy and the Church and split reality into the res externa and the res cogitans."

Etymology

From pre- + Socratic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/

Inflected Forms

præ-Socratic (alternative) pre-Socratics (plural)

Synonyms

presocratic

Questions

How do you pronounce pre-socratic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/.
What does pre-socratic mean?: Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).
Where does pre-socratic come from?: From pre- + Socratic.

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