Explore Pythagoreanism through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pythagoreanism in a sentence
Pythagoreanism meaning
- The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers.
- Vegetarianism.
Using Pythagoreanism
- The main meaning on this page is: The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers. | Vegetarianism.
Context around Pythagoreanism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pythagoreanism
- In this selection, "pythagoreanism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include directly from pythagoreanism or orphism and pythagoreanism the practical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pythagoreanism" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pythagoreanism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pythagoreanism The practical side of philosophy was introduced by Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 BCE). (15 words)
However Xenophon does not mention Socrates as believing in reincarnation and Plato may have systematised Socrates' thought with concepts he took directly from Pythagoreanism or Orphism. (26 words)
Similarly, one of the two main schools of thought in Pythagoreanism was known as the mathēmatikoi (μαθηματικοί) - which at the time meant "teachers" rather than "mathematicians" in the modern sense. (30 words)
Similarly, one of the two main schools of thought in Pythagoreanism was known as the mathēmatikoi (μαθηματικοί) - which at the time meant "teachers" rather than "mathematicians" in the modern sense. (30 words)
However Xenophon does not mention Socrates as believing in reincarnation and Plato may have systematised Socrates' thought with concepts he took directly from Pythagoreanism or Orphism. (26 words)
Pythagoreanism The practical side of philosophy was introduced by Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 BCE). (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
However Xenophon does not mention Socrates as believing in reincarnation and Plato may have systematised Socrates' thought with concepts he took directly from Pythagoreanism or Orphism.
Pythagoreanism The practical side of philosophy was introduced by Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 BCE).
Similarly, one of the two main schools of thought in Pythagoreanism was known as the mathēmatikoi (μαθηματικοί) - which at the time meant "teachers" rather than "mathematicians" in the modern sense.