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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