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pre-Socratic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prē′sə krat′ik, -sō-)

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pre-So•crat•ic (prē′sə krat′ik, -sō-),USA pronunciation adj.

Philosophyof or pertaining to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.

n.

Philosophyany philosopher of this period.

1870–75

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