platonism

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsrealism

   Broaderphilosophical doctrine

   philosophy

Other forms of platonism

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about platonism

What does platonism mean?

platonism means "(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names".

How many syllables are in platonism?

platonism has 3 syllables: pla-to-nism. The stress falls on "pla".

What is another word for platonism?

Close synonyms include realism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is platonism a common word?

platonism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.