Aristotelianism

[ ar-uh-stuh-teel-yuh-niz-uh m, -tee-lee-uh-, uh-ris-tuh- ]
/ ˌær ə stəˈtil yəˌnɪz əm, -ˈti li ə-, əˌrɪs tə- /

noun

the philosophy of Aristotle.
emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations.

Origin of Aristotelianism

First recorded in 1835–45; Aristotelian + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM Aristotelianism

an·ti-Ar·is·to·te·lian·ism, noun

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