obsessive love

collocation in English

meaningsofobsessiveandlove

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obsessive
adjective
uk
/əbˈses.ɪv/us
/əbˈses.ɪv/
thinking about something or someone, or doing something, too much or all ...
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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 ofobsessiveandlovefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You hear a cinematic sense of recorded space, and narratives built aroundobsessivelove, unbridgeable separation, and violent death - usually vehicular.
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The magazine became known for its edgy writing and incendiary opinions, as well as itsobsessivelovefor offbeat films.
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The term erotomania is often confused withobsessivelove, obsession with unrequited love, or hypersexuality.
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The story ultimately ends in the tragedy so often associated withobsessivelove.
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He also has anobsessivelovefor food.
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It is lyrically about feeling on top of the world from having anobsessivelove/compassion for someone.
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Other than these, in non-religious context, "ishq" is a synonym forobsessivelove.
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Obsessiveloveis not erotomania by definition.
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Eva begins to writeobsessivelovenotes to him, but he brushes them off.
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Tasha decided not to become a scientist and instead chose to follow a career of gymnastics, anobsessiveloveof hers.
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For most of history,obsessivelovewas considered as a type of perseverance, but in the late 20th century, love simpliciter was suggested to be a mental disorder.
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