n.
Pronunciation: ˌ n ē - ō - ' pl ā -t ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1845
1 : Platonism modified in later antiquity to accord with Aristotelian, post-Aristotelian, and eastern conceptions that conceives of the world as an emanation from an ultimate indivisible being with whom the soul is capable of being reunited in trance or ecstasy
2 : a doctrine similar to ancient Neoplatonism
– Neo · pla · ton · ic \ -pl ə - ' tä-nik, -pl ā - \ adjective
– Neo · pla · to · nist \ - ' pl ā -t ə -nist \ noun