ˈrāˌmizəm noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: French ramisme, from Petrus Ramus (Pierre de La Ramée) died 1572 French philosopher and mathematician + French -isme -ism
: the doctrines of Petrus Ramus who opposed scholasticism and advocated Calvinism as well as a logic more informal than Aristotelian and designed to be amalgamated with rhetoric