Pyrrhonism
Meanings
noun
- The system of skeptical philosophy established by Pyrrho of Elis, centred on the idea that nothing can be known for certain; widespread skepticism, universal doubt.
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Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin Pyrrhō + -ism, after Middle French pyrrhonisme.
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