Pythagoreanizev.
/pʌɪˌθaɡəˈriːənʌɪz/, U.S. /pəˌθæɡəˈriəˌnaɪz/; see also Pythagorean n. and adj. 1. intransitive. = Pythagorize v. 1. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > pre-Socratic philosophy [verb (intransitive)] > specific schools
Pythagorize1603
Anaxagorize1678
atomize1678
Pythagoreanize1886
1886 [see Pythagoreanizing adj. at Derivatives].
1890 Cent. Dict. Pythagoreanize, same as Pythagorize.
1990 D. O'Meara Pythagoras Revived ii. iv. 96 It will soon emerge that a tendency to Pythagoreanize is a very significant feature of these commentaries.
2. transitive. To render Pythagorean in character; to imbue with the philosophy of Pythagoras.
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1919 Proc. Brit. Acad. 8 116 The school under Socrates must have become more than half Pythagoreanized.
1961 B. Farrington Greek Sci. 91 Astronomy was Pythagoreanized and Platonized within a few generations of the Ionian dawn.
1976 MLN 91 1112 In centralizing ratios he may anyway be said to be Pythagoreanizing Cassirer.
2003 G. Endress in J. P. Hogendijk & A. I. Sabra Enterprise of Sci. in Islam v. 125 Iamblichus..put forward a plan to pythagoreanize Platonic philosophy.
Derivatives
Pythagoˈreanizing adj. [compare Pythagorizing adj.]
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1886 Mind 11 89 The theory of Xenocrates appears..to have been in fact atomism as interpreted by a Pythagoreanising Platonist.
2001 M. W. Dickie Magic & Magicians in Greco-Roman World viii. 209 What remains is the figure of the Pythagoreanizing doctor who practises magic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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