New Words
A friend told me today that he learned a new word = limerence. I too through him, have learned this new word. Fascinating. I always just put the concept of love down to hormones and need…since I have neither any longer…I’ll keep the dog. . Limerence is a descriptive concept, rather than a diagnosis or disorder ; it is not in the DSM . [ 23 ] The polysemous nature of love words has led to semantic confusion which Tennov meant to clarify, although there is even still disagreement on how "limerence" is defined. [ 24 ] [ 18 ] [ 25 ] Love research has never adopted a unified terminology or definitions. [ 6 ] [ 24 ] According to Tennov and others, limerence can be considered intense romantic love, [ 26 ] [ 9 ] [ 27 ] falling in love , [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] love madness, [ 1 ] [ 31 ] [ 2 ] intense infatuation , [ 4 ] [ 32 ] [ 30 ] passionate love with obsessive elements [ 15 ] [ 6...
