PERIPATETICISM

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Meaning:

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science

Example:

Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought

Synonyms:

Aristotelianism; peripateticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("peripateticism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

Peripatetic (a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism)