First Known Use: 1695
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Eleatic
adjective El·e·at·ic \ˌel-ē-ˈa-tik\
Definition of ELEATIC
: of or relating to a school of Greek philosophers founded by Parmenides and developed by Zeno and marked by belief in the unity of being and the unreality of motion or change
— Eleatic noun
— El·e·at·i·cism \-ˈa-tə-ˌsi-zəm\ noun
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Origin of ELEATIC
Latin Eleaticus, from Greek Eleatikos, from Elea (Velia), ancient town in southern Italy
Rhymes with ELEATIC
achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, hydrostatic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic
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