platonic

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'platonic', 'Platonic': /pləˈtɒnɪk/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/pləˈtɑnɪk, pleɪ-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(plə tonik, plā-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pla•ton•ic /pləˈtɑnɪk, pleɪ-/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Philosophyof or relating to a close relationship between two persons that lacks sexual involvement:platonic love.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Pla•ton•ic  (plə tonik, plā-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Philosophyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
  2. Philosophypertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.
  3. Philosophy(usually l.c.) purely spiritual;
    free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.
  4. (usually l.c.) feeling or professing platonic love:He insisted that he was completely platonic in his admiration.
  • Greek Platōnikós, equivalent. to Platōn-, stem of Plátōn Plato + -ikos, -ic
  • Latin Platōnicus
  • 1525–35
Pla•toni•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Platonic /pləˈtɒnɪk/ adj
  1. of or relating to Plato or his teachings
  2. (often not capital) free from physical desire: Platonic love
Plaˈtonically adv
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