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platonic.

Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pləˈtɒnɪk/UK/pləˈtɔnɪk/US/pləˈtɑnɪk/cot-caught-merger
  1. Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.

    They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).

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Where this word comes from

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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