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Definition of: Eleatic
(el′ē·at′ik) adjective
Pertaining to or characteristic of Elea or the school of philosophy founded there by Xenophanes and Parmenides.
—noun
1. A native of Elea.
2. A disciple of the Eleatic school of philosophy, which developed the conception of the universal unity of being. [<L Eleaticus <Elea ELEA]
—El′e·at′i·cism noun
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