platonic

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see also: Platonic

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /pləˈtɒnɪk/
• (America) IPA: /pləˈtɔnɪk/

Adjective

platonic

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#English|Platonic of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 3:

     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.

Antonyms

• romantic, sexual

Translations

• French: platonique
• German: platonisch
• Portuguese: platónico (Portugal), platônico (Brazil)
• Russian: платони́ческий
• Spanish: platónico

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Platonic

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Adjective

platonic

1. Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
2. Alternative letter-case form of platonic non-sexual.

Translations

• French: platonicien
• German: platonisch
• Spanish: platónico

Noun

platonic (plural platonics)

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

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