romantic love
collocation in Englishmeaningsofromanticandlove
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romantic
adjective
uk/rəʊˈmæn.tɪk/us/roʊˈmæn.t̬ɪk/
relating to love or a close ...
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love
noun
uk/lʌv/us/lʌv/
the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in ...
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(Definition ofromanticandlovefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofromantic love
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Compared toromanticlovesongs, these are usually direct descriptions of events without too many metaphors or double meanings.
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The heterosexual norm as exemplified inromanticloveremains central and inescapable until well into the twentieth century, if not beyond.
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Spring is frequently used to suggest the revival of nature and the experience ofromanticlove.
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Respondents often spoke ofromanticloveas being beyond their control, which is what made it risky and possibly dangerous.
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Romanticloveappears to have flourished more after marriage than as a pre-maritial emotional experience leading to happy union.
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By focusing on affection or finances, scholars have created a false dichotomy betweenromanticloveand economics, making it an ' either or ' issue.
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He had to incorporateromanticloveinto his pieces.
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As his correspondence shows, the rejection of traditional considerations of rank and notions ofromanticloveexplain his attachment.
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Romanticloveconceptualized as an attachment process.
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It sounds not so much like an affirmation as a subversive questioning of one of the most celebrated symbols ofromanticlovein the operatic tradition.
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If examination of the marriage negotiations only occurred within the dichotomy ofromanticloveor economics, the role that honour may have played would go unnoticed.
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Beyond reasonable doubt, the new sensibilities sharpened by romantic literature stimulated a yearning forromanticlove, especially in young men.
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Her decision illustrates that familial love and honour could be just as or more important thanromanticloveor economics in marriage formation during the seventeenth century.
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First,romanticloveincludes sexuality.
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The second system involves 'romanticlove', or intense obsessive highs associated with the operation of the chemicals dopamine and nor-epinephrine, the same biochemicals associated with addiction.
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Reason, rather thanromanticlove, was seen to be the appropriate internal force binding individuals' marriage.
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When we read that we do not stop to inquire whether such desired unions are arranged or are unions ofromanticlove.
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That survey also pointed out that, usually, it is not promiscuity butromanticlove, coupled with ignorance about contraception, which leads to unwanted pregnancy.
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It is an ingredient ofromanticlovethat there shall be a frustration of our appetites.
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