(n) (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science, Syn. peripateticism, Example:Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought
a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. [ 1913 Webster ]