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Neoplatonist

UK /niːə(ʊ)ˈpleɪtənɪst/noun, adjective

Neoplatonist is spelled N-E-O-P-L-A-T-O-N-I-S-T: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Neoplatonist means “A member of the philosophical school of Neoplatonism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Neoplatonist is Neoplatonists.

How many letters and syllables are in Neoplatonist?

Letters12: N-E-O-P-L-A-T-O-N-I-S-T
Syllables5 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Neoplatonist?

Neoplatonist appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Neoplatonist?

  • UK /niːə(ʊ)ˈpleɪtənɪst/

Neoplatonist has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Neoplatonist

  • Neoplatonists plural
  • neo-Platonist
  • Neo-Platonist
  • more Neoplatonist comparative
  • most Neoplatonist superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Neoplatonist mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of the philosophical school of Neoplatonism.

adjective

  1. 1

    Neoplatonic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Neoplatonist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense member:

LanguageWords
Frenchnéoplatonicien, néoplatonicienne
GermanNeuplatoniker, Neuplatonikerin
Portugueseneoplatonista
Spanishneoplatónico, neoplatónica

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Neoplatonist come from?

From neo- + Platonist.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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