different between philosophical vs platonic

English

Alternative forms

• philosophicall (obsolete)
• phylosophical (nonstandard)
• phylosophicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From philosophy +? -ical, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• Hyphenation: phi?lo?soph?i?cal

Adjective

philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)

1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
2. Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
   • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine,

     His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.

3. Detached, calm, stoic.
   • 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"

     She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

Synonyms

• philosophic

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• Platonic
• Platonick
• platonick

Etymology

Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pl??t?n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pl??t?n?k/

Adjective

platonic (comparative more platonic, superlative most platonic)

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

   They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.

2. Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors).
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 3:

     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.

Antonyms

• romantic, sexual

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• platicon

Romanian

Etymology

From French platonique

Adjective

platonic m or n (feminine singular platonic?, masculine plural platonici, feminine and neuter plural platonice)

1. platonic

Declension