English words for 'Alternative form of Platonical.'
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adj
name
- (classical studies, philosophy) Platonism.
- (classical studies) The disciples of Plato.
- A northern neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
- A settlement in the city of Little River-Academy, Bell County, Texas.
- A specific society of scholars or artists.
- An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
- (classical studies, history) The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
adj
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- associated with academia or an academy
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
noun
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
- an educator who works at a college or university
name
- A later middle dialogue of Plato concerning epistemology.
- A classical Greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five regular convex polyhedra.
- A lunar impact crater 2.8 kilometres in depth and 25 kilometres in diameter, located southeast of the crater Cassini, near the eastern edge of Mare Imbrium.
noun
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
- (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
- an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
- a school for special training
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
- a secondary school (usually private)
adj
- Platonic or friendly.
- (genetics) Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
- Of or pertaining to a fraternity.
- Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
- like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
- (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
- of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
noun
noun
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
name
- (philosophy) Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
noun
- (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
- (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
- (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
- a structurally different form of an element
noun
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
- (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
- an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
- a school for special training
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
- a secondary school (usually private)
noun
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
noun
- (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
- (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
- (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
- a structurally different form of an element
adj
adj
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- associated with academia or an academy
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
noun
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
- an educator who works at a college or university
adj
- Platonic or friendly.
- (genetics) Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
- Of or pertaining to a fraternity.
- Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
- like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
- (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
- of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men