Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peripateticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peri-pateti-cism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] 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."

Etymology

From peripatetic + -ism. Compare French péripatétisme.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: peripatetic

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

peripateticisms (plural)

Synonyms

aristotelianism

Questions

What does peripateticism mean?: The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics
Where does peripateticism come from?: From peripatetic + -ism. Compare French péripatétisme.

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