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platonic

[pluh-ton-ik, pley-] / pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
expressing nonphysical love
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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

Yes, chatbots are unusually persuasive, and writers pick up model biases without even knowing it, but the baseline isn’t some platonic ideal of a perfectly objective journalist.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Ms. Vaill nevertheless leans into it harder than previous biographers, who have characterized their mutual affection as platonic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

But this quirky musical with a dramatic soul might serve as the platonic ideal of a La Jolla Playhouse show.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

In those days it was chivalrous, adult long, religious, almost platonic.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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