PLATONISM


Meaning of PLATONISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplā-tə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: circa 1570

1.

a. : the philosophy of Plato stressing especially that actual things are copies of transcendent ideas and that these ideas are the objects of true knowledge apprehended by reminiscence

b. : Neoplatonism

2. : platonic love

• Pla·to·nist -tə-nist noun

• Pla·to·nis·tic ˌplā-tə-ˈnis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.