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platonic love
noun, often capitalized P
Definition of PLATONIC LOVE
1
: love conceived by Plato as ascending from passion for the individual to contemplation of the universal and ideal
2
: a close relationship between two persons in which sexual desire is nonexistent or has been suppressed or sublimated
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First Known Use of PLATONIC LOVE
1631
Rhymes with PLATONIC LOVE
alongside of, apropos of, at the hands of, break the back of, by virtue of, hereinabove, in advance of, in default of, in favor of, in the face of, in the light of, in the name of, in the teeth of, in the wake of, make the most of, on account of, on behalf of, on the heels of, push comes to shove, regardless of
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