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pythagoreanism

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Py⋅thag⋅o⋅re⋅an⋅ism

  [pi-thag-uh-ree-uh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, esp. the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
Origin:
1720–30; Pythagorean + -ism
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Py·thag·o·re·an·ism   (pĭ-thāg'ə-rē'ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  The syncretistic philosophy expounded by Pythagoras, distinguished chiefly by its description of reality in terms of arithmetical relationships.
Py·thag'o·re'an adj. & n.
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