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Platonic ideal

Platonic ideal noun: a perfect, idealized notion of something, taken to exist beyond the physical world.

Noun

Platonic ideal (plural Platonic ideals)

  1. A perfect, idealized notion of something, taken to exist beyond the physical world.
    • We used the US constitution as the Platonic ideal of the ideology of our new state.

Forms of Platonic ideal

pluralPlatonic ideals

Questions about Platonic ideal

What does Platonic ideal mean?
Platonic ideal means a perfect, idealized notion of something, taken to exist beyond the physical world.
What part of speech is Platonic ideal?
Platonic ideal is a noun.
What is the plural of Platonic ideal?
The plural of Platonic ideal is Platonic ideals.

Words near Platonic ideal in the dictionary

  1. platonic
  2. Platonic dialogue
  3. Platonic dialogues
  4. Platonic hydrocarbon
  5. Platonic hydrocarbons
  6. Platonic ideal
  7. Platonic ideals
  8. platonic love
  9. platonic loves
  10. Platonic month
  11. Platonic months

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