Aristotelianism

Definitions of Aristotelianism
  1. noun
    (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
    “Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought”
    synonyms: peripateticism
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    philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
    a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
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