semiplatonic

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adjective

Between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.

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Meanings

adjectivesemiplatonic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBetween platonic love and romantic or sexual love.

    Courtly love is platonic or semiplatonic, mystical, contemplative, and unconsummated […]

    2010, Ksana Blank, Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin, page 83
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    Kim wanted both, but a flexible semiplatonic relationship with Damian was not a happy medium: "We had sex last night... so my guilt kicked in completely — I felt like a whore, a completely immoral sinner."

    2008, Tara Star Johnson, From Teacher to Lover: Sex Scandals in the Classroom, page 133

Origin

From semi- + platonic.

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APA

semiplatonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiplatonic

MLA

“semiplatonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiplatonic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiplatonic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiplatonic.

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