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platonic relationship

The origin and history of platonic relationship.

Etymology

From the name of the Greek philosopher Plato, whose Symposium describes a love that rises above physical desire towards the ideal; the modern narrower sense of 'friendship without sex' developed later.

Origin: Greek

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