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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

semiplatonic en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + platonic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.
    • Courtly love is platonic or semiplatonic, mystical, contemplative, and unconsummated […] 2010, Ksana Blank, Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin, page 83:
    • Kim wanted both, but a flexible semiplatonic relationship with Damian was not a happy medium: "We had sex last night... so my guilt kicked in completely — I felt like a whore, a completely immoral sinner." 2008, Tara Star Johnson, From Teacher to Lover: Sex Scandals in the Classroom, page 133: