English Explanatory Dictionary

non-Aristotelian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not Aristotelian; as:
  2. Not unduly beholden to Aristotelian tendencies of thought (Aristotelianism), although respectful of them and aiming to extend beyond them (to stand on the shoulders of giants).
  3. Whose dramaturgical structure departs from the features of classical tragedy in favour of the features of the epic.

Word forms

non-Aristotelian nonaristotelian

Etymology

From non- + Aristotelian; the general semantics sense was coined by Alfred Korzybski in the 1920s or early 1930s; the dramaturgical sense was coined circa 1930 by Bertolt Brecht.

Antonyms

Aristotelian
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