PLATONIC LOVE


Meaning of PLATONIC LOVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Usage: often capitalized P

Date: 1631

1. : love conceived by Plato as ascending from passion for the individual to contemplation of the universal and ideal

2. : a close relationship between two persons in which sexual desire is nonexistent or has been suppressed or sublimated

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.