Ar|is|to|te|li|an

Ar|is|to|te|li|an «_AR uh stuh TEE lee uhn, -TEEL yuhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

of or having to do with Aristotle or his philosophy.

–n.

1. a follower or student of Aristotle or his philosophy. Aristotle based much of his thinking upon scientific examination from which he formulated the deductive method of reasoning.

2. a person whose reasoning is characterized by an emphasis on the empirical and the particular as opposed to the hypothetical and the general.