neo-Pythagoreanism

[nee-oh-pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm]

ne·o-Py·thag·o·re·an·ism

[nee-oh-pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm]
noun
a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.

Origin:
1860–65

ne·o-Py·thag·o·re·an, noun, adjective
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Neo-pythagoreanism has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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