- of or relating to Plato or his teachings
- (often not capital) free from physical desire: Platonic love
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pla•ton•ic /pləˈtɑnɪk, pleɪ-/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Philosophyof or relating to a close relationship between two persons that lacks sexual involvement:platonic love.
Pla•ton•ic
(plə ton′ik, plā-),USA pronunciation adj.
Pla•ton′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Philosophyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- Philosophypertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- Philosophy(usually l.c.) purely spiritual;
free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex. - (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
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Platonic /pləˈtɒnɪk/ adj
'platonic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Neo-Platonism
- Platonic solid
- Xenocrates
- academic
- academy
- anti-Platonic
- great year
- Neoplatonism
- philosopher king
- Platonic love
- Platonic year
- Platonism
- Platonize
- post-Platonic
- reminiscence
- universal
- school