How do you pronounce platonic?

The recorded pronunciation is /pləˈtɔnɪk/.

platonic

/pləˈtɔnɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: pla-ton-ic
IPA: /pləˈtɔnɪk/

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Meaning

adj

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

adj

Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual).

noun

A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.

noun

A Platonic solid.

adj

Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).

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."
"They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic."
"Plato gave so brilliant and impressive a defense of this common human feeling, that the doctrine of the reality of abstract objects has been known as the platonic theory of ideas ever since."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Platōnicus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pləˈtɔnɪk/
British English: /pləˈtɒnɪk/

Inflected Forms

more Platonic (comparative) most Platonic (superlative) platonick (alternative) Platonics (plural)

Derived Forms

antiplatonic Neoplatonic Platonically aplatonic nonplatonic quasiplatonic queerplatonic semiplatonic

Phrases

Platonic body Platonic dialogue Platonic hydrocarbon Platonic ideal Platonic solid Platonic year platonic love

Frequently Paired Words

Plato Platonical Platonism Platonist Platonistic

Antonyms

romantic sexual

Rhymes With

electronic chronic iconic sonic ironic tonic demonic harmonic embryonic ionic philharmonic panasonic