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PLATONIC

of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism

The meaning of the word platonic is of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism.

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plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
fomentto promote the growth or development of : rouse
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time