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This Article Is About The General Concept of "Love". For Other Uses, See
This Article Is About The General Concept of "Love". For Other Uses, See
This Article Is About The General Concept of "Love". For Other Uses, See
This article is about the general concept of "love". For other uses, see Love (disambiguation).
Emotions
Affection
Anger
Angst
Anguish
Annoyance
Anticipation
Anxiety
Apathy
Arousal
Awe
Boredom
Confidence
Contempt
Contentment
Courage
Curiosity
Depression
Desire
Despair
Disappointment
Disgust
Distrust
Ecstasy
Embarrassment
Empathy
Envy
Euphoria
Fear
Frustration
Gratitude
Grief
Guilt
Happiness
Hatred
Hope
Horror
Hostility
Humiliation
Interest
Jealousy
Joy
Loneliness
Love
Lust
Outrage
Passion
Pity
Pleasure
Pride
Rage
Panic
Regret
Remorse
Resentment
Sadness
Saudade
Schadenfreude
Self-confidence
Shame
Shock
Shyness
Sorrow
Suffering
Surprise
Trust
Wonder
Worry
Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my
mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and
personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing humankindness, compassion, and affection"the
unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". [2] It may also describe compassionate and
affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals.[3]
Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states; words
like storge, philia, eros, and agape each describe a unique "concept" of love.[4] Love has
additional religious or spiritual meaningnotably in Abrahamic religions. This diversity of uses and meanings
combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define,
compared to other emotional states.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central
psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.[5]
Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the
continuation of the species.[6]
Contents
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1Definitions
2Impersonal love
3Interpersonal love
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3.1Biological basis
3.2Psychological basis
3.3Evolutionary basis
4Cultural views
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4.1Ancient Greek
4.4Persian
4.5Japanese
5Religious views
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5.1Abrahamic religions
5.2Eastern religions
6Political views
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6.1Free love
7Philosophical views
8See also
9References
10Sources
11Further reading
12External links