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Platonism

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The philosophy of Plato.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Platonism. alt-of, uncountable

    "But the advocate of platonism may find these easier to defend than the confirmational holism the standard argument invokes."

  2. 2
    (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”) + -ism.

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