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platonic The male and female leads in sitcoms often keep their relationship platonic for the first few seasons, but romance almost always wins out in the end. pləˈtɑnɪk

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(1) Relating to the philosopher Plato or his teachings. (2) Involving a close relationship from which romance and sex are absent. The philosopher Plato presented his theories in a series of dramatic conversations between Socrates and other people, now called the “Platonic dialogues.” Among many other important concepts, he taught that everything here on earth is a pale imitation—like a shadow—of its ideal form, and this ideal form is now often called the “platonic form.” But platonic is probably usually seen in the phrase “platonic love.” Because Socrates (through Plato) teaches that the philosophical person should turn his passion for a lover into appreciation of beauty and love of a higher power and of the universe, close but nonsexual friendship between two people who might be thought to be romantically attracted is today known as platonic love or friendship

word	platonic
definition	(1) Relating to the philosopher Plato or his teachings. (2) Involving a close relationship from which romance and sex are absent.
eg_sentence	The male and female leads in sitcoms often keep their relationship platonic for the first few seasons, but romance almost always wins out in the end.
explanation	The philosopher Plato presented his theories in a series of dramatic conversations between Socrates and other people, now called the “Platonic dialogues.” Among many other important concepts, he taught that everything here on earth is a pale imitation—like a shadow—of its ideal form, and this ideal form is now often called the “platonic form.” But platonic is probably usually seen in the phrase “platonic love.” Because Socrates (through Plato) teaches that the philosophical person should turn his passion for a lover into appreciation of beauty and love of a higher power and of the universe, close but nonsexual friendship between two people who might be thought to be romantically attracted is today known as platonic love or friendship
IPA	pləˈtɑnɪk

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