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[quote=GUESTSTUDY,295929]Platonic love, by definition, refers to a pure, spirituall affection between two people of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal desires and regarding the mind only and its excellence;-a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate. (From Internet)

The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica explained the term as follow: 
Platonic love is a term commonly applied to an affectionate relationship into which the sexual element does not enter, especially in cases where one might easily assume otherwise. The English term dates back as far as Sir William Davenant's Platonic Lovers (1636). It is derived from the concept in Plato's Symposium, of the love of the idea of good which lies at the root of all virtue and truth.

Simply, Platonic love in its modern popular sense is an affectionate relationship into which the sexual element does not enter. In western culture, sex is crucial in a relationship. “Love without sex” is almost impossible. This can be an assumption. How do western people really think about “platonic love”?
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