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Platonic love — (Latin: amor platonicus ), in its modern popular sense, is a non sexual affectionaterelationship. [cite web | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=platonic+love | title = Platonic love | publisher = Dictionary.com | accessdate = 2007 11 … Wikipedia
Platonic — Pla•ton•ic [[t]pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ [/t]] adj. 1) pho of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism 2) pho (usu. l.c.) of or pertaining to an intimate relationship characterized by the absence of sexual involvement: platonic love[/ex] 3) … From formal English to slang
platonic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. idealistic, abstract, spiritual, intellectual; unsexual, uncarnal, chaste; pure, perfect. See thought, purity. Ant., corporeal, sensual. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. idealistic, utopian, quixotic,… … English dictionary for students
platonic — pla|ton|ic [ plə tanık ] adjective a platonic relationship is one that is friendly but does not involve sex ╾ pla|ton|i|cal|ly [ plə tanıkli ] adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
platonic — adjective the roommates platonic relationship Syn: nonsexual, nonphysical, chaste; intellectual, friendly Ant: sexual … Thesaurus of popular words
platonic — UK [pləˈtɒnɪk] / US [pləˈtɑnɪk] adjective a platonic relationship is one that is friendly but does not involve sex Derived word: platonically UK [pləˈtɒnɪklɪ] / US [pləˈtɑnɪklɪ] adverb … English dictionary
platonic — [pləˈtɒnɪk] adj a platonic relationship is friendly but does not involve sex … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Platonic realism — is a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of realism regarding the existence of universals after the Greek philosopher Plato who lived between c. 427 ndash;c. 347 BC, student of Socrates, and the teacher of Aristotle. As… … Wikipedia
Platonic — [plə tän′ik, plātän′ik] adj. [L Platonicus < Gr Platōnikos] 1. of or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy 2. idealistic, visionary, or impractical 3. [usually p ] designating or of a relationship, or love, between a man and a woman that… … English World dictionary
Platonic solid — In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex polyhedron that is regular, in the sense of a regular polygon. Specifically, the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex; thus, all… … Wikipedia
