platonic friendship

collocation in English

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platonic
adjective
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/pləˈtɒn.ɪk/us
/pləˈtɑː.nɪk/
A platonic relationship or emotion is loving but ...
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friendship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/us
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/
a situation in which two people ...
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(Definition ofplatonicandfriendshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She even offers to alternatively pursue aplatonicfriendshipwith the man, but he declines.
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Despite this, theirplatonicfriendshipis often closer than that of lovers.
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The mainstream view found in modern biblical exegesis argues that the relationship between the two is merely a closeplatonicfriendship.
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The two maintained aplatonicfriendshipfrom then on before, decades later, deciding to divorce their spouses and get married.
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Boulle would later meet her after the war, and they enjoyed aplatonicfriendship.
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They develop a close relationship, which begins as aplatonicfriendship, but becomes a romance by series end.
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This argues that the relationship between the two, although strong and close, is ultimately aplatonicfriendship.
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As the days turn to months, the narrator and his landlord develop aplatonicfriendshipwith one another.
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The relationship later changed from a romantic one to aplatonicfriendship, and they remained in contact for the rest of her life.
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She is intrigued, and after dinner she agrees to try to form aplatonicfriendshipwith him by borrowing time from each other.
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Both considered the idea of a strong romantic relationship, yet both were rather shy about asking for fear of placing a rift between their already strong and closeplatonicfriendship.
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That came very early in the relationship, that it made a lot more sense in terms of their needs to be very good friends on aplatonicfriendshiplevel.
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