Friendship-repulsed, or plato-repulsed, is a friendship stance that describes an individual who is repulsed by the act or concept of platonic interaction. The term is commonly used by aplatonic spectrum individuals, but is not exclusive to this community or platonicity.
Friendship-repulsed individuals may find platonic activity undesirable, uninteresting, uncomfortable, or generally unwanted. This is not the same thing as being aplatonic.
Some individuals may be repulsed by the idea of personally engaging in platonic activity, while feeling favorable or indifferent towards platonic interaction that does not involve them or platonic interaction as a concept. The term friendship-averse may be used to describe this experience.
Some individuals may be repulsed by certain platonic acts, while feeling favorable or indifferent towards other platonic acts. The term friendship-ambivalent may be used to describe this experience.
Some individuals may feel repulsed towards platonic interaction due to trauma or exhaustion. The term friendship-drained may be used to describe this experience.
Plato-repulsed individuals may also identify as apothiplatonic.
Flag
The friendship-repulsed flag was designed by Tumblr user arco-pluris on March 12, 2018. It is based on the sex-repulsed and romance-repulsed flags.[1]
History
This term has existed in some form in the aplatonic community and was recoined for the purpose of providing a concrete source by AnonymousHermitCrab on the subreddit r/asexuality on April 27th, 2022.[2]