Pythagoreanism

English

Etymology

Pythagorean +‎ -ism

Noun

Pythagoreanism (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
   • 1987, Edward George Weltin, Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 71:

     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. (food) Vegetarianism.

Derived terms

• Neopythagoreanism

Related terms

• Pythagorean

Translations

beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers

• Czech: pythagoreismus m, pythagorejství n
• Finnish: pythagoralaisuus
• Italian: pitagoreismo m, pitagorismo (it) m
• Polish: pitagoreizm (pl) m