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Definition of: Platonism
(plā′tə·niz′əm) noun
1. The philosophy of Plato; specifically, the doctrine that objects are copies or images of eternal ideas, that these ideas are the ultimate metaphysical realities and therefore the object of true knowledge.
2. A tenet or maxim of the Platonic philosophy.
3. The doctrine or practice of Platonic love.
—Pla′to·nist noun
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