Main Entry:

Neo·pla·to·nism

Pronunciation:

\ˌnē-ō-ˈplā-tə-ˌni-zəm\

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 \-plə-ˈtä-nik, -plā-\ adjective

— Neo·pla·to·nist \-ˈplā-tə-nist\ noun