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neo·platonism \“+\ noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ne- + platonism 1. : a philosophical school originating in Alexandria about A.D. 200, modifying the teachings of Plato to accord with Aristotelian, post-Aristotelian, and oriental conceptions and conceiving of the world as an emanation from the One with whom the soul is capable of being reunited in trance or ecstasy — compare emanation, nous 2. : teachings and doctrines similar to those of the ancient Neoplatonists (as those promulgated in medieval times by mystics and in the Renaissance by Italian humanists) — compare cambridge platonists |