PARMENIDES as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy
    • held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed
    • said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC)
    Hypernyms(s) Parmenides is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower