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Platonic

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Adj — Describing a close relationship or affection that is friendly rather than romantic or sexual.

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platonic friendship purely platonic platonic love

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From the name of the Greek philosopher Plato, whose ideas about pure, non-physical forms of love and beauty gave rise to the adjective.

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