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Hypatia
[ hahy-pey-shuh, -pat-ee-uh ]
noun
- a.d. c370鈥415, Greek philosopher renowned for her beauty.
Hypatia
/ 丑补瑟藞辫别瑟蕛瑟蓹 /
noun
- Hypatia415FGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politician died 415 ad , Neo-Platonist philosopher and politician, who lectured at Alexandria. She was murdered by a Christian mob
Hypatia
- Greek philosopher who was the first notable woman mathematician and astronomer. She invented instruments used to view the stars and wrote commentaries on mathematics and astronomy, though none of them survives.
Example Sentences
As all the men fall madly under the spell of the audaciously heroic Lina, Hypatia decides that Joey, the man who just fell out of the sky, is meant to sweep her off her feet.
鈥淭he Board affirms Hypatia鈥檚 commitment to pluralist inquiry,鈥 it read.
As a result of social media protests, many Hypatia contributors, including members of Tuvel鈥檚 dissertation committee, called for the journal to retract the article.
Some critics of the exercise noted that of the journals successfully fooled by the articles, only a few, including Hypatia, have significant standing.
Publications such as 鈥淕ender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography鈥 and 鈥淗ypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy鈥 accepted the papers.
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