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Limerence is a state of mind resulting from romantic feelings for another person. It typically involves intrusive and melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection, along with a desire for the reciprocation of one's feelings and to form a relationship with the object of love.
Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined the term "limerence" as an alteration of "amorance" without other etymologies[1] to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the 1960s, when she interviewed over 500 people on the topic of love.[2][3][4] In her book Love and Limerence, she writes that "to be in a state of limerence is to feel what is usually termed 'being in love.'"[5] She coined the term to disambiguate the state from other less-overwhelming emotions, and to avoid the implication that those who do not experience it are not capable of experiencing love.[6][7]
According to Tennov and others, limerence can be considered falling in love,[8][9][10] romantic love,[1][11][12][13][14] passionate love,[3][14][15] infatuation[16][17][10] or lovesickness.[4][17][18][19] Later in her life, Tennov compared limerence to love madness.[20][21][17] Limerence is also sometimes compared and contrasted with a crush, with limerence being much more intense.[22][23]
Love and Limerence has been called the seminal work on romantic love.[14] Anthropologist and author Helen Fisher wrote that data collection on romantic attraction started with Tennov collecting survey results, diaries, and other personal accounts.[24] Fisher, who knew Tennov and corresponded with her, has commented that Tennov's concept had a sad component to it.[25][26]
- ^ a b "Will limerence take the place of love?". The Observer. 11 September 1977.
One of the most illuminating sessions was when Dorothy Tennov [...] described her attempts to find a suitable term for 'romantic love.' [...] 'I first used the term "amorance" then changed it back to "limerence",' she told her audience. 'It has no roots whatsoever. It looks nice. It works well in French. Take it from me it has no etymology whatsoever.'
- ^ Tennov, Dorothy (1999). Love and Limerence: the Experience of Being in Love. Scarborough House. ISBN 978-0-8128-6286-7. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b Hatfield 1988, p. 197
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "That crazy little thing called love". The Guardian. 14 December 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ^ Tennov 1999, p. 15
- ^ Tennov 1999, p. 222
- ^ Tallis 2004, p. 42
- ^ a b Diamond, Lisa (Jan 2003). "What does sexual orientation orient? A biobehavioral model distinguishing romantic love and sexual desire". Psychological Review. 110 (1): 173–92. doi:10.1037/0033-295x.110.1.173. PMID 12529061.
- ^ Tennov 1999, p. 172
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b c Bode, Adam; Kushnick, Geoff (11 April 2021). "Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love". Frontiers in Psychology. 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.573123. PMC 8074860. PMID 33912094.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b c Frankel, Valerie (2002). "The Love Drug" (web). Oprah. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Tennov 1999, pp. 7, 102, 179, 243
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Tennov 2005, pp. 338, 406
- ^ McCracken, Amanda (27 January 2024). "Is It a Crush or Have You Fallen Into Limerence?" (web). The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:16was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Fisher, Helen (2016). Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray (Completely Revised and Updated). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-34974-0. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Holmes, Kimberly (2024). ""Madly In Love" Researcher Talks Love, Limerence, and Mating For Life with Dr. Helen Fisher". It Starts With Attraction (Podcast). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Fisher, Helen (March 1998). "Lust, attraction, and attachment in mammalian reproduction". Human Nature. 9 (1): 23–52. doi:10.1007/s12110-998-1010-5. PMID 26197356. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.