Platonic

Word PLATONIC
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Pronunciations /pləˈtɒnɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Platonic"

What do we mean by platonic?

Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.

A relationship between two people that entails no sexual feelings nor lewd thoughts but rather plainly just being friends with the person. Urban Dictionary

A pure basic friendship with the opposite sex. Nothing more than a spiritual relationship. Expressing nonphysical love Urban Dictionary

1) An emotionally and socially, but not sexually, involved relationship. 2) Nowadays, often a term for a friendship between a man and a woman which doesn't include a sexual element. 3) A friendship that lasts for as long as it takes for some twats to establish rumours about how the man wants to have off with the woman. Urban Dictionary

1)a close relationship without sex:noun form 2)without sex:adj. form Urban Dictionary

Completely and totally ::just friends:: Urban Dictionary

An emotinally and socially intimate, non-sexual relationship, often between two men. attributed to the greek philosopher plato, who deemed platonic friendships to be the most evolved type of love. Urban Dictionary

1. A relationship where there is no romance involved. Two involved in a plutonic relationship are strictly friends and maintain the relationship without any sexual acts. Urban Dictionary

A word often used to crush any hope of a possible future relationship due to compleet lack of physical intrest. It is often an unrequited feeling, making it a one sided platonic relationship. Urban Dictionary

To do something typically romantic a friendly/non-romantic way. Urban Dictionary

Basically, the type of relationship that many men and women can never have together. this however does not stop many from trying. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Platonic

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The word "platonic" in example sentences

She formed what she called a platonic friendship -- and it was really so -- with a certain M. de Seze, who was advocate-general at Bordeaux. ❋ Lyndon Orr (N/A)

The truth is that the attraction which draws a man and a woman together in what they call platonic friendship always has something of the physical in it -- on one side or the other. ❋ Cleveland Moffett (1894)

Jack is back and wants to be a father to Freddie, but shows no interest in Natalie, who detests the word platonic because she loves Jack. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I love you too, Pollyanna but our relationship must remain platonic as my anus is already losing its elasticity from 30 years in banking. morgaine7 ❋ Unknown (2006)

Haven't you ever heard of the word platonic before? ❋ Alex Seitz-Wald (2010)

But those are also the values of many a long-term platonic friendship! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The forum is enlightening because it represents a collaborative effort to define "platonic" -- and define it against nearly everything else on Craigslist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In you also, my dear Paul, this century appears to have perfected astronomy, and in Florence it has recalled the platonic teaching from darkness into light. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course theirs would always be what the elder centaurs called a platonic friendship, because they were of different species, and crossbreeding was frowned on. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1992)

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. ❋ Unknown (1902)

She had at first considered it as reasonable and judicious to cultivate what I may be permitted to call a platonic affection for him; but she did not, in the sequel, find all the satisfaction in this plan which she had originally expected from it. ❋ Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1895)

Anna Akimovna seemed to him enchanting, original, and he imagined that the pleasant sensation that was aroused in him by these surroundings was the very thing that was called platonic love. ❋ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1882)

To those who cannot, under all the circumstances, believe the connexion to have been what is called platonic, the probability that there was a private marriage is precisely the probability that Newton would not have sanctioned the dishonour of his own niece: and even if the connexion were only that of friendship, Newton must have sanctioned the appearance and the forms of a dishonourable intimacy: the co-habitation, the settlement, and the defiance of opinion. ❋ Various (1852)

Gang Starr crafted what might be described as the platonic ideal for underground hip-hop. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It requires a high level of trust to allow a partner to have a so-called platonic relationship." ❋ Unknown (2010)

He is having a [platonic relationship] with her friend Jane. They both knew that the relationship that they have is [platonic love], in short platonic [nonsense]. ❋ Angelicbeach (2009)

[My feelings] [for you] are [strictly platonic]. ❋ YoYOdawgg (2009)

[Platonic] relationships often don't work because people become [hellbent] on ending them, on the [assumption] that they don't work, or because they are just jealous. ❋ Fwe22 (2006)

[Sally] and [Jim] have a [platonic relationship]. ❋ Writer54 (2008)

[Kevin] talks to me [all the time], so [my friend] thinks he likes me. But I've told her again and again, it's just platonic. ❋ Broadway* (2006)

❋ Dagger_grrl (2003)

Two friends of opposite genders hang out and play tennis together. When the [girl's] dad asks to meet the boy, she states, "Oh no [it's not like that], our relationship is [strictly platonic]." ❋ Superdupersara (2007)

[My mother] does not believe in platonic [relationships], but they must exsist, because [I have you]. ❋ Pseudonym (2004)

He [committed] platonic [sodomy] on his [friend]. ❋ Bronkley (2018)

in every "platonic" [relationship], [sexual tension] is very [high]. ❋ Squirrelgirl (2005)

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