different between platonic vs queerplatonic

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

Etymology

queer +? platonic

Adjective

queerplatonic (comparative more queerplatonic, superlative most queerplatonic)

1. (neologism, of a relationship) Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.
   • 2012, Ashton Strait, "Beyond bffs: cozying up to queerplatonic relationships", Post (Brown University), Volume 14, Issue 8, 15 November 2012, page 3:

     At the end of a tough day, “just friends” might simply hug, whereas a queerplatonic couple is more likely to crawl right into bed together without thinking twice. Think Hannah and Marnie from Girls rather than Rachel and Monica from Friends. The former pair's friendship is an excellent example of a queerplatonic relationship, even if they might not label it that.

   • 2013, Tracey Hickey, "Asexuality should be recognized as a legitimate sexual orientation", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 14 February 2013:

     Outside the romantic paradigm, some people form what they’re calling “queerplatonic” relationships. The word indicates nothing about the gender of the participants, but speaks to the desire to “queer” our understandings of platonic friendships. These are relationships of care — “life partnerships” that go quite beyond what most of us consider ordinary friendship. Many sexually ambiguous literary or onscreen relationships — think Frodo and Sam, Holmes and Watson, Thelma and Louise — can also be read as queerplatonic.

   • 2013, Anonymous, "The 'A' in LGBT", Counterpoint (Wellesley College), Volume 35, Issue 1, September 2013, page 8:

     After feeling these concerns, I was happy to learn about squishes and queerplatonic partners (also known as zucchinis, for some reason unclear to me).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queerplatonic.

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