Definition of Platonist

1. Noun. An advocate of Platonism.

Generic synonyms: Advocate, Advocator, Exponent, Proponent
Derivative terms: Platonism

Definition of Platonist

1. n. One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato.

Definition of Platonist

1. Noun. An advocate of Platonism ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Platonist) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platonist

Plato
Plato's Academy
Plato's Cave
Platonian
Platonic body
Platonic dialogue
Platonic hydrocarbon
Platonic hydrocarbons
Platonic solid
Platonic solids
Platonic year
Platonick
Platonism
Platonist (current term)
Platonistic
Platonists
Platt National Park
Plattdeutsch
Platte
Platte River
Platte River penstemon
Plattensee
Platycephalidae
Platycerium
Platycerium alcicorne
Platycerium andinum
Platycerium bifurcatum
Platycladus orientalis

Literary usage of Platonist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a Platonist lately swell to a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."

2. The History of European Philosophy: An Introductory Book by Walter Taylor Marvin (1917)
"Aristotle was a Platonist also in rejecting the mechanistic explanation of nature ... In short, Aristotle was a Platonist who, because of his interest in ..."

3. The Philosophical Works of David Hume by David Hume (1854)
"THE Platonist.* To some philosophers it appears matter of surprise, that all mankind, possessing the same nature, and being endowed with the same faculties, ..."

4. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... shoemaker a Platonist, and a cook an " Epicurean." The whole of the last act of Foote's comed}r, ' The Orators,' consists of a scene in the Robin Hood. ..."

5. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a Platonist lately swell to a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."

6. The History of European Philosophy: An Introductory Book by Walter Taylor Marvin (1917)
"Aristotle was a Platonist also in rejecting the mechanistic explanation of nature ... In short, Aristotle was a Platonist who, because of his interest in ..."

7. The Philosophical Works of David Hume by David Hume (1854)
"THE Platonist.* To some philosophers it appears matter of surprise, that all mankind, possessing the same nature, and being endowed with the same faculties, ..."

8. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... shoemaker a Platonist, and a cook an " Epicurean." The whole of the last act of Foote's comed}r, ' The Orators,' consists of a scene in the Robin Hood. ..."

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