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platonic love

non-romantic love
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platonic love

Summary

platonic love has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Plato is named after platonic love[2].
  • platonic love is a type of interpersonal relationship[3].
  • platonic love is a type of love[4].
  • platonic love is a type of friendship[5].
  • platonic love's Commons category is recorded as Platonic love[6].
  • platonic love is the opposite of romantic love[7].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • platonic love's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • platonic love's has characteristic is recorded as best friend[14].
  • platonic love's has characteristic is recorded as love[15].
  • platonic love's different from is recorded as romantic friendship[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include interpersonal relationship[3], love[4], and friendship[5]. platonic love is the opposite of romantic love[7].

Origins

Plato is named after platonic love[2].

Why It Matters

platonic love has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Plato

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → platonic-love
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: platonic-love, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950434|platonic love (#289950434)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Plato
    Opposite of → romantic love
    Named by → Q859
    Named after → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536246905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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