Platonic is a type of love, or close relationship, that is non-romantic. It is named after Greek Plato, Platonic love as devised by Plato concerns rising through levels of closeness to wisdom and true beauty from attraction to individual bodies to attraction to souls, and eventually, union with the truth.
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by the first platonic lesbianist February 18, 2023
Get the Platonic Lesbianism mug.verb: Simping for some one in a platonic sense; wanting to be someone's friend really bad, or in a simp-like manor. Usually used by people on the asexual/aromantic spectrum to express attraction to someone that isn't sexual/romantic.
Avery, watching tv: Aww, Yamaguchi is such an angel, I would love to just hang out with him!
Emery: Dude, we are both platonic simping for Yamaguchi so much!
Emery: Dude, we are both platonic simping for Yamaguchi so much!
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Plato: And what does platonic mean?
Random dude: It means we don't have sex.
Plato: What the fuck?
Plato: And what does platonic mean?
Random dude: It means we don't have sex.
Plato: What the fuck?
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Get the Platonic relationship mug.A state of not wanting to date someone (of the same gender), but still wanting to have a platonic relationship of loving someone and maybe even cuddling with them.
Even though I'm gay and she's really awesome, I don't really want to date her. I'd rather just have a homo-platonic relationship with her.
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2) A word Harry/Hermione shippers don't understand and/or ignore the meaning of.
2) A word Harry/Hermione shippers don't understand and/or ignore the meaning of.
Harry/Hermione shipper: OMG HARRY AND HERMIONE ARE SO MEANT TO BE!!! NOT THAT IDIOT RON AND THAT OBSESSIVE SLUT GINNY!!!
Me: Oh my god, stop being so delusional. Harry and Hermione's love for each other is entirely platonic, and if you read the books, you would see that Harry and Ginny as well as Ron and Hermione are meant to be.
Me: Oh my god, stop being so delusional. Harry and Hermione's love for each other is entirely platonic, and if you read the books, you would see that Harry and Ginny as well as Ron and Hermione are meant to be.
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