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platonic

[pluh-ton-ik, pley-] / pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
expressing nonphysical love
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“Not all platonic marriages work out,” says Duke Law Firm, which has offices in Rochester and Lakeville, N.Y.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

My platonic months with him made me more confident in myself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 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

Brockman said when he spoke with Zilis after learning Musk had fathered her twins, "she said that it was via IVF and that it was entirely platonic with Elon."

From BBC May 5, 2026

His conjecture that the orbits of the planets are circumscribed by the five platonic solids were no more supported by Tycho’s data than by Copernicus’.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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