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platonic

[pluh-ton-ik, play-] / pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
expressing nonphysical love
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‘We are not romantically involved’: I’m marrying my platonic best friend of 20 years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

"His captivated, always improvised narration made that show the platonic ideal of natural history for me, and introduced a whole generation to the fascination of birds."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Users go to AI bots for everything from recipes to life and relationship advice, even forming one-sided platonic or romantic relationships with the ones and zeroes that make up this digital ether behind a screen.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Beyond the red door lies the platonic ideal of a Midcentury dive.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

His “Cosmic Mystery” was disproved entirely by the much later discoveries of the planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto—there are no additional platonic solids' that would determine their distances from the sun.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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