Giovanni Battista ( dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence
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(vik′ō, vē′kō; It. vē′kô),USA pronunciation n.
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