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Meaning of mathesis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
məˈθiːsɪs

Definitions

  1. Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  2. The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.)
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Mathesis
Latina mathesis

Examples

“Forget⟳ the Boys, forget⟳ your loyalties to your Dead, first of all to Rebekah, for she, they, are but distractions, temporal, flesh, ever attempting to drag⟳ the Uranian Devotee back down out of his realm of pure Mathesis, of that which abides.”
“1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN I’m using 'mathesis' — a universal science of measurement and order⟳ […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Matheson mathetics Matheus Mathew mathewrogersite Mathews

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