platonism
Pla.to.nism \'pla-t-*n-.iz-*m\ \-*n-*st\ \.pla-t-*n-'is-tik\ n 1a: the philosophy of Plato stressing esp. that actual things are copies of transcendent ideas and that these ideas are the objects of true knowledge apprehended by reminiscence 1b: NEOPLATONISM 2: PLATONIC LOVE - Pla.to.nist n