Platonic

Definition

Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platon (“Plato”) + -ic (“relating to”).

Example Sentences

• "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."