platonic
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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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Adjective[edit]
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, 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.
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Translations[edit]
not sexual in nature
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Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
platonic m (feminine singular platonica, masculine plural platonics, feminine plural platonicas)
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French platonique.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
platonic m or n (feminine singular platonică, masculine plural platonici, feminine and neuter plural platonice)
Declension[edit]
Declension of platonic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | platonic | platonică | platonici | platonice | ||
definite | platonicul | platonica | platonicii | platonicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | platonic | platonice | platonici | platonice | ||
definite | platonicului | platonicei | platonicilor | platonicelor |
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Further reading[edit]
- platonic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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