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==Origin==
from ''limer''- (apparently an arbitrary syllable) + ''ence'' (a quality or instance of it)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970's]
==Definitions==
the state of [[being]] [[infatuated]] or [[obsessed]] with another [[person]], typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong [[desire]] for [[reciprocation]] of one's [[feelings]] but not primarily for a [[sexual]] relationship.
==Description==
'''Limerence''' (also infatuated love) is a state of [[mind]] which results from a romantic [[attraction]] to another person and typically includes [[obsessive]] thoughts and fantasies and a [[desire]] to form or maintain a [[relationship]] with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated. Psychologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tennov Dorothy Tennov] coined the term "limerence" for her 1979 book, ''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love'', to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the mid-1960s, when she interviewed over 500 people on the topic of love.
''Limerence'' has been defined by one writer as "an involuntary interpersonal state that involves intrusive, obsessive, and [[compulsive]] thoughts, feelings, and [[behaviors]] that are contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation from the object of interest".
Limerence, which is not exclusively [[sexual]], has also been defined in terms of its potentially [[inspirational]] effects and in relation to [[attachment theory]]. It has been described as being "an involuntary potentially inspiring state of [[adoration]] and attachment to a limerent object (LO) involving intrusive and obsessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors from [[euphoria]] to [[despair]], contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation".
Attachment theory emphasizes that "many of the most [[intense]] emotions arise during the formation, the maintenance, the disruption, and the [[renewal]] of attachment relationships". It has been suggested that "the state of limerence is the conscious [[experience]] of sexual incentive [[motivation]]" during attachment formation, "a kind of subjective experience of sexual incentive motivation" during the "intensive ... pair-forming stage" of human [[affection]]ate bonding. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence]
==See also==
*'''''[[Romance]]'''''
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
from ''limer''- (apparently an arbitrary syllable) + ''ence'' (a quality or instance of it)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970's]
==Definitions==
the state of [[being]] [[infatuated]] or [[obsessed]] with another [[person]], typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong [[desire]] for [[reciprocation]] of one's [[feelings]] but not primarily for a [[sexual]] relationship.
==Description==
'''Limerence''' (also infatuated love) is a state of [[mind]] which results from a romantic [[attraction]] to another person and typically includes [[obsessive]] thoughts and fantasies and a [[desire]] to form or maintain a [[relationship]] with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated. Psychologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tennov Dorothy Tennov] coined the term "limerence" for her 1979 book, ''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love'', to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the mid-1960s, when she interviewed over 500 people on the topic of love.
''Limerence'' has been defined by one writer as "an involuntary interpersonal state that involves intrusive, obsessive, and [[compulsive]] thoughts, feelings, and [[behaviors]] that are contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation from the object of interest".
Limerence, which is not exclusively [[sexual]], has also been defined in terms of its potentially [[inspirational]] effects and in relation to [[attachment theory]]. It has been described as being "an involuntary potentially inspiring state of [[adoration]] and attachment to a limerent object (LO) involving intrusive and obsessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors from [[euphoria]] to [[despair]], contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation".
Attachment theory emphasizes that "many of the most [[intense]] emotions arise during the formation, the maintenance, the disruption, and the [[renewal]] of attachment relationships". It has been suggested that "the state of limerence is the conscious [[experience]] of sexual incentive [[motivation]]" during attachment formation, "a kind of subjective experience of sexual incentive motivation" during the "intensive ... pair-forming stage" of human [[affection]]ate bonding. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence]
==See also==
*'''''[[Romance]]'''''
[[Category: Psychology]]
