platonic love
Intimate but non-sexual and non-romantic affectionIntimate but non-sexual and non-romantic affection.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Intimate but non-sexual and non-romantic affection.
platonische Liebe
платони́ческая любо́вьplatoníčeskaja ljubóvʹ
платоні́чне коха́нняplatoníčne koxánnja, платоні́чна любо́вplatoníčna ljubóv
Examples
7 sentencesHave you ever heard of platonic love?
Platonic love is love from the neck up.
He has a platonic love for his wife.
What's the difference between romantic and platonic love?
He's not my boyfriend, it's just platonic love with benefits!
deEr ist nicht mein Freund, es ist nur platonische Liebe mit Vergünstigungen. — Manfredo
Translations
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Origin
Attested 1636 in Platonic Lovers by William Davenant. Earlier coined in Latin in the 15thAttested 1636 in Platonic Lovers by William Davenant. Earlier coined in Latin in the 15th century as amor platōnicus by Florentine scholar Marsilio Ficino (originally in 1476 letter to Alamanno Donati, later expounded in De amore (1484)), based on his interpretation of the Symposium by Plato, specifically the speech by Socrates, relating the thoughts of Diotima of Mantinea.
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Forms
plural: platonic lovesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.