El·e·at·ic ( l  - t  k)adj. Of or characteristic of the tradition of philosophy founded by Zeno of Elea and Parmenides and holding the belief that there is one indivisible and unchanging reality. [Latin Ele  ticus, from Greek Eletikos, from Elea.]El e·atic n.El e·ati·cism (--sz m) n. |
Eleatic [ˌɛlɪˈætɪk]
adj
(Philosophy) denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
n
(Philosophy) a follower of this school
Eleaticism [ˌɛlɪˈætɪˌsɪzəm] n
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