Main Entry:

Pla·to·nism

Pronunciation:

\ˈplā-tə-ˌni-zəm\

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: neoplatonism2: platonic love

— Pla·to·nist \-tə-nist\ noun

— Pla·to·nis·tic \ˌplā-tə-ˈnis-tik\ adjective