Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ABDERITE

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Definitions of ABDERITE

1. An inhabitant or native of Abdera, in Thrace.
2. (‘the Abderite’) Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.

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Examples of Using ABDERITE in a Sentence

• Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio), in de Architectura (1st century BCE):

  In respect of natural philosophy Thales the Milesian, Anaxagoras of Clazomenæ, Pythagoras the Samian, Xenophanes of Colophon, Democritus the Abderite, have published systems which explain the mode in which Nature is regulated, and how every effect is produced.

• Abderite, a reference to Democritus, native of Abdera; later acquired the generic meaning of "scoffer".

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