Xenophanes Syllabification: (Xe·noph·a·nes)Pronunciation: /zəˈnäfəˌnēz/Definition of Xenophanes (circa 570-circa 480 bc), Greek philosopher. A member of the Eleatic school, he argued for a form of pantheism and criticized belief in anthropomorphic gods. Xenophanes in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Xenophanes in the British & World English dictionary