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Platonism

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(plāt′n iz′əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Pla•to•nism  (plāt′n iz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Philosophythe philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
  2. Philosophya Platonic doctrine or saying.
  3. Philosophythe belief that physical objects are impermanent representations of unchanging Ideas, and that the Ideas alone give true knowledge as they are known by the mind.
  4. Philosophy(sometimes l.c.) the doctrine or practice of platonic love.
  • Neo-Latin Platōnismus. See Platonic, -ism
  • 1560–70
Pla′to•nist, n., adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Platonism /ˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm/ n
  1. the teachings of Plato and his followers, esp the philosophical theory that the meanings of general words are real existing abstract entities (Forms) and that particular objects have properties in common by virtue of their relationship with these Forms
    Compare nominalism, intuitionism
  2. See Neo-Platonism
ˈPlatonist n
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