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Platonics

Platonics is the plural of Platonic.

Meaning of Platonic

Noun

Platonic (plural Platonics)

  1. A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.
  2. A Platonic solid.

See all 4 meanings of platonic

Noun (1)

Platonics (uncountable)

  1. The study of Platonic crystals.

Noun (2)

Platonics (uncountable)

  1. The philosophy of Plato; Platonism.

Origin of Platonics

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Platonic after -ics.

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn) + -ics. By surface analysis, Platon + -ics. Compare Platonic.

Questions about Platonics

What does Platonics mean?
Platonics means the study of Platonic crystals.
What is Platonics the plural of?
Platonics is the plural of Platonic.
What part of speech is Platonics?
Platonics is a noun.

Words near Platonics in the dictionary

  1. platonical
  2. platonically
  3. Platonician
  4. Platonicians
  5. platonick
  6. Platonics
  7. platonise
  8. platonised
  9. platoniser
  10. platonisers
  11. platonises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Platonics (page history and authors); Platonic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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