adjective 1.of or pertaining to Elea.
2.noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy, founded by Parmenides, that investigated the phenomenal world, especially with reference to the phenomena of change.
noun 3.a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
Origin: 1685–95; <
Latin Eleāticus <
Greek Eleātikós. See
Elea,
-tic Related forms El·e·at·i·cism, noun