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Platonic Pronunciation
Platonic is pronounced pluh-TAH-nik, IPA /pləˈtɑnɪk/.
pluh-TAH-nik
US /pləˈtɑnɪk/ · UK /plæˈtɒnɪk/
Syllables: pluh · TAH · nik (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Affectionate but not sexual, or belonging to the ideas of the Greek thinker Plato.
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Platonic in a Sentence
- Their friendship stayed platonic for thirty years.
- He wrote a thesis on platonic forms.
- She described the arrangement as strictly platonic.
Common Mispronunciations of Platonic
Not PLAY-tuh-nik
Plato is PLAY-toh, but the adjective shortens that vowel and drags the beat onto the middle. Satan and satanic do exactly the same thing.
Not pluh-TOH-nik
Plutonic, with a u, is a real word about rock. This one keeps a flat ah in the middle.
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