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platonic

adjective

  1. intimate and affectionate but not sexual
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pləˈtɒnɪk/ / /pləˈtɔnɪk/ / /pləˈtɑnɪk/

adj

Etymology: Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details.

  1. Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.

    “They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.”

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).

    “Plato gave so brilliant and impressive a defense of this common human feeling, that the doctrine of the reality of abstract objects has been known as the platonic theory of ideas ever since.”

noun

Etymology: From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platon (“Plato”) + -ic (“relating to”).

  1. A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.
  2. A Platonic solid.