Platonist

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism.

    "[St Augustine of Hippo] became of a Maniche, and of a platoniste a good christian."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Platonist. alt-of, alternative

    "So attention to Quine and Putnam’s writings is important, not just to set the record straight, but because it reveals some new argumentative strategies for platonists to exploit."

  3. 3
    an advocate of Platonism wordnet
  4. 4
    One who holds similar beliefs, particularly that abstract ideas are real.

    "I suspect that in their hearts most working mathematicians are Platonists, in that they take it as a matter of unassailable if unprovable fact that mathematical reality stands apart from the world, and is at least as real as the world, and possibly gives shape to the world, as Plato suggested."

  5. 5
    A platonic lover. obsolete, rare

Etymology

From Latin Platonista, from Plato + -ista, equivalent to Plato + -ist.

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