Platonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pləˈtɒnɪk/
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Etymology
From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platon (“Plato”) + -ic (“relating to”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable, usually) Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
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(alt-of, not-comparable, usually) Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual).
alt of platonic
The homosexual dismisses heterosexual love as a distasteful bondage to normalcy and bourgeois domestication, but the Platonic lover of the soul is dismissing all sexuality as bondage to the physical world.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more Platonic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| platonic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most Platonic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| Platonick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| platonick | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Platonic ideal · Platonic hydrocarbon · Platonically · Platonic solid · Platonic year · antiplatonic · Platonic dialogue · Platonic body · Neoplatonic
Relateds
Platonistic · Platonical · Platonism · Plato · Platonist
Translations (20)
ga Platónach (related to Plato) · es platónico (related to Plato) · yi פּלאַטאָניש (related to Plato) · sk platónsky (related to Plato) · ar أَفْلَاطُونِيّ (related to Plato) · ka პლატონური (related to Plato) · grc Πλατωνικός (related to Plato) · pl platoński (related to Plato) · el πλατωνικός (related to Plato) · ca platònic (related to Plato) · io Platonala (related to Plato) · nn platonsk (related to Plato) · fi platonilainen (related to Plato) · sh пла̀то̄нскӣ (related to Plato) · de platonisch (related to Plato) · et platooniline (related to Plato) · sh plàtōnskī (related to Plato) · nb platonsk (related to Plato) · cs platónský (related to Plato) · fr platonicien (related to Plato)