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Platonic¹

  • /pləˈtɒnɪk/

Where it comes from

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

adjective more Platonic · most Platonic · platonic · platonick · Platonick

  1. not comparable, usually Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
  2. not comparable, usually Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual). The homosexual dismisses heterosexual love as a distasteful bondage to normalcy and bourgeois domestication, but the Platonic lover of the soul is dismissing all sexuality as bondage to the physical world.

noun Platonics · platonic · platonick · Platonick

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

platonic²

  • /pləˈtɒnɪk/ UK
  • /pləˈtɔnɪk/ US
  • /pləˈtɑnɪk/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒnɪk

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more platonic · most platonic · Platonic · Platonick · platonick

  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.

Opposite: romantic, sexual

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: passionless, relevant, nonsexual, chaste, pure, spiritual, ideal, nonerotic, brotherly, affectionate, intellectual, cerebral, asexual, dispassionate, nonphysical, friendly

adjective

Opposite: romantic, sexual

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adj related to Plato

Españolplatónico
Françaisplatonicien
Deutschplatonisch
Ελληνικάπλατωνικός platonikós
العربيةأَفْلَاطُونِيّ ʔaflāṭūniyy

adj not sexual in nature

Españolplatónico
中文柏拉圖式 /柏拉图式
Portuguêsplatónico, platônico
Françaisplatonique
Deutschplatonisch
Ελληνικάπλατωνικός platonikós
Русскийплатони́ческий platoníčeskij
العربيةأَفْلَاطُونِيّ ʔaflāṭōniyy

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@misc{platonic_2026,
  title = {platonic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/platonic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}