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Definition of: Pyrrhonism
(pir′ə·niz′əm) noun
A system of philosophy taught by Pyrrho of Elis, 365?–275? B.C., founder of the first and inspirer of subsequent skeptical schools of Greek philosophy; skepticism. [<L Pyrrhoneus pertaining to Pyrrho <Gk. Pyrrhōn Pyrrho]
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