different between platonic vs platinic

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

English

Adjective

platinic (comparative more platinic, superlative most platinic)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Containing tetravalent platinum.

Derived terms

See also

• platinous

Romanian

Etymology

From French platinique.

Adjective

platinic m or n (feminine singular platinic?, masculine plural platinici, feminine and neuter plural platinice)

1. platinic

Declension