"Presocratic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: pre- + Socratic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Socratic}} pre- + Socratic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} Presocratic
  1. of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.
    Sense id: en-Presocratic-en-adj-bTQfpVqx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Pre-Socratic, pre-Socratic

Noun [English]

Forms: Presocratics [plural]
Etymology: pre- + Socratic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Socratic}} pre- + Socratic Head templates: {{en-noun}} Presocratic (plural Presocratics)
  1. Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato.
    Sense id: en-Presocratic-en-noun-Ii2cB8dq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Pre-Socratic, pre-Socratic

Inflected forms

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