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Pythagoreanism

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Pythagoreanism

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  1. uncountable The 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.
  2. uncountable Vegetarianism.

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noun beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers

PortuguêsPitagorismo
Italianopitagoreismo, pitagorismo
ΕλληνικάΠυθαγορισμός Pythagorismós
Русскийпифагореи́зм pifagoreízm

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@misc{pythagoreanism_2026,
  title = {Pythagoreanism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pythagoreanism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}