n.
Pronunciation: ' pir- ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: noun
Etymology: French pyrrhonisme, from Pyrrhon Pyrrho, 4th century B.C. Greek philosopher, from Greek Pyrrh ō n
Date: circa 1670
1 : the doctrines of a school of ancient extreme skeptics who suspended judgment on every proposition ― compare ACADEMICISM
2 : total or radical skepticism
– Pyr · rho · nist \ -nist \ noun