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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.
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platonic (comparative more platonic, superlative most platonic)
- Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.
- Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).
1902, William James, “Lecture 3”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience , London: Longmans, Green & Co.: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.
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Occitan
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Adjective
platonic m (feminine singular platonica, masculine plural platonics, feminine plural platonicas)
- platonic
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French platonique. By surface analysis, Platon + -ic.
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Adjective
platonic m or n (feminine singular platonică, masculine plural platonici, feminine and neuter plural platonice)
- platonic
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