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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslimerência
Pronunciation / Transliteration: leemerenseeah
"Ele sofria de uma limerência profunda e debilitante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced with compulsive thoughts, intense emotional dependence, and a deep desire for reciprocation that causes profound distress when unrequited.
"His years of unrequited longing for her evolved from simple admiration into a consuming state of limerence." - 2
An involuntary romantic romantic obsession characterized by intrusive thoughts about the object of affection and acute sensitivity to any signs of rejection or acceptance.
"The psychologist explained that limerence is distinct from mature love because it thrives on uncertainty and emotional turbulence."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 1970s by American psychologist Dorothy Tennov in her book 'Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love', the term was deliberately constructed without any etymological root in Latin or Greek to capture a specific psychological state. Tennov invented it to describe the involuntary, obsessive romantic infatuation that often involves intense yearning and emotional suffering, drawing a phonetic and structural parallel to existing psychological terms.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Limerence" is said worldwide
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limerence
Transliteration: leemerahnse
Script: limérence
"Elle essayait de se libérer de cette limérence douloureuse."
Limerenz
Transliteration: leemerents
"Ihre unerwiderte Liebe glich einer schmerzhaften Limerenz."
limerenza
Transliteration: leemerentsa
"La limerenza può causare un'intensa sofferenza emotiva."
limerencia
Transliteration: leemerehnsyah
"La limerencia se caracteriza por una obsesión romántica constante."
limerência
Transliteration: leemerenseeah
"Ele sofria de uma limerência profunda e debilitante."
उन्मादी प्रेम
Transliteration: unmadi prem
"उसका एकतरफा आकर्षण एक प्रकार का उन्मादी प्रेम बन गया था।"
强烈迷恋
Transliteration: qiángliè míliàn
"这种强烈的迷恋让他夜不能寐。"
리머런스
Transliteration: rimeoreunseu
"그녀는 그에 대한 강렬한 리머런스에서 벗어나려 애썼다."
リメランス
Transliteration: rimeransu
"彼はその苦痛を伴うリメランスに囚われていた。"
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