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Emotions: His Article Is About The General Concept of "Love". For Other Uses, See

This document discusses the concept of love. It notes that love is a complex emotion that can range from affection for family to pleasure from activities. Love is described as both an intense attraction between individuals and a virtue representing compassion. It also refers to caring actions towards other people, oneself, or animals. The diversity of meanings and complexity of feelings associated with love make it difficult to consistently define compared to other emotions. Love facilitates relationships and is an important theme in art due to its central role in psychology.

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Emotions: His Article Is About The General Concept of "Love". For Other Uses, See

This document discusses the concept of love. It notes that love is a complex emotion that can range from affection for family to pleasure from activities. Love is described as both an intense attraction between individuals and a virtue representing compassion. It also refers to caring actions towards other people, oneself, or animals. The diversity of meanings and complexity of feelings associated with love make it difficult to consistently define compared to other emotions. Love facilitates relationships and is an important theme in art due to its central role in psychology.

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his article is about the general concept of "love". For other uses, see Love (disambiguation).

Archetypal lovers Romeo and Julietportrayed by Frank Dicksee


Part of a series on

Emotions

Affection

Anger

Angst

Anguish

Annoyance

Anxiety

Apathy

Arousal

Awe
Boredom
Confidence

Contempt

Contentment

Courage

Curiosity

Depression

Desire

Despair

Disappointment

Disgust

Distrust

Dread

Ecstasy

Embarrassment

Envy
Euphoria

Excitement

Fear
Frustration

Gratitude

Grief

Guilt

Happiness

Hatred

Hope

Horror

Hostility

Hurt
Hysteria

Indifference

Interest

Jealousy

Joy
Loathing

Loneliness

Love

Lust

Outrage

Panic

Passion

Pity
Pleasure

Pride

Rage

Regret

Remorse

Sadness

Satisfaction

Saudade

Schadenfreude

Self-confidence

Shame

Shock

Shyness

Sorrow

Suffering

Surprise

Trust
Wonder

Worry

Zeal

Zest

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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.[4] 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]

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