Platonic
ɪk, pleɪ- adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
2.
pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.
3.
( usually lowercase ) purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.
4.
( usually lowercase ) feeling or professing platonic love: He insisted that he was completely platonic in his admiration.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to Plato or his teachings |
| 2. | (often not capital) free from physical desire: Platonic love |
| Pla'tonically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
Platonic
1533, "of or pertaining to Gk. philosopher Plato" (429 B.C.E.-c.347 B.C.E.). The name is Gk. Platon, properly "broad-shouldered" (from platys "broad;" see place (n.)). His original name was Aristocles. The meaning "love (for one of the opposite sex) free of sensual desire"
(1631), which the word usually carries nowadays, is a Renaissance notion; it is based on Plato's writings in "Symposium" about the kind of interest Socrates took in young men, which originally had no reference to women.
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