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English
Etymology
From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric.
Pronunciation
Noun
Pythagorean (plural Pythagoreans)
- A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 268:Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth. He could speak it, because he was a Pythagorean, and myth was their technical language.
2021, Andrea Nightingale, Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 137:Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans.
Translations
Adjective
Pythagorean (comparative more Pythagorean, superlative most Pythagorean)
- Pertaining to Pythagoras or his philosophy.
- Synonym: (rare) Pythagoric
- Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy
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