PLATO'S CAVE

PRONUNCIATION: (PLAY-tohz kayv)

MEANING: noun: An illusory place or experience.

ETYMOLOGY: After the allegory of Plato’s cave in which people imprisoned there see shadows and assume that to be their reality. Earliest documented use: 1683.
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PLATO SCARE - We're having a big test on Ancient Greek tomorrow

PLATO'S CAVE - "Beware the Ides of March, Socrates!"

PLATH'S CAVE - where Sylvia went to hide from the world