Plotinistn.
/plɒˈtʌɪnɪst/, /pləˈtʌɪnɪst/, U.S. /pləˈtaɪnəst/, /plɔˈtaɪnəst/, /plɑˈtaɪnəst/ A follower of Plotinus; a proponent of the ideas or teachings of Plotinus.
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1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. xii. 319 A Tyrian, one neither sound in body nor minde, of wauering iudgement, vnmanly inueterate malice and cruelty: a professed Plotinist [L. Plotini discipulum].
1818 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 884 A..favorite metaphor of the orientalizing Platonists or rather Plotinists.
1871 J. S. Mill in Fortn. Rev. 10 524 A heap of useless and mostly unintelligible jargon, not of his own [sc. Berkeley's] but of the Plotinists.
1906 W. M. Macintyre in Expositor Feb. 162 According to the Plotinist, mental prayer..has this office committed to it, to elevate the sense-life into the life of reason.
1998 Esperanto & Chinese in sci.lang. (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Feb. There are few Idealists (whether neo-Platonists, Plotinists, or followers of other schools) lurking in Esperantoland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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