n.
Pronunciation: ' pl ā -t ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: 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 \ -t ə -nist \ noun
– Pla · to · nis · tic \ ˌ pl ā -t ə - ' nis-tik \ adjective