what is love?

Love is an emotion of intense attraction to, care for, or identification with persons, place(s) or thing(s); a desire to be close to, move and construct its object. This can include love for one's self.

However, love has several different meanings in the English language, from something that gives a little pleasure ("I loved that meal") to something that one would die for (patriotism, pair-bonding). And in contrast to the definition at the top, frequently people use the verb "love" to indicate want or desire for themselves as opposed to for another. For example: "I love ice cream," or even "I love her/him," does not refer to desiring wellness for ice cream, and it may not refer to desiring wellness for her/him, but rather to the desire for ice cream or for her/him felt by the speaker. The word also frequently indicates elevated appreciation or admiration: "I love that artist." Love can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love. As an experience usually felt by a person for another person, it is commonly considered impossible to describe. Dictionaries tend to define love as deep affection or fondness.[1] In colloquial use, according to polled opinion, the most favoured definitions of love include the words:[2]

1. life - someone or something for which you would give your life.
2. care - someone or something about which you care more than yourself.
3. friendship - favoured interpersonal associations or relationships.
4. union - a synergistic connection, as in the perfect union of two souls.
5. family - people related via common ancestry, religion, or race, etc.

The concept of love, however, is subject to debate. Some deny the existence of love, calling it a recently invented abstraction. Moreover, approximately 13 percent of cultures reportedly have no word for love.[3] Others maintain that love exists but is undefinable; being a quantity which is spiritual, metaphysical, or philosophical in nature, etc. Perhaps due to its emotional primacy, love is one of the most common themes in art.

2006-08-17 14:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
- 1. Sexual passion.
- 2. Sexual intercourse.
- 3. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
- 1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
- 2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. often Love Christianity. Charity.
10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.

2006-08-15 11:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Kimmy <3 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Haddaway

2006-08-16 11:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't know how to explain what is love, but why do the girl need to hurt you? Do you hurt them.

2006-08-15 11:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by doa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Hmmm...am I the only one who gets this?? Oh wait - there were a couple of others. Way to go guys! :)

Whatever happened to Haddaway anyway?

2006-08-15 11:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Di 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

What is Love by Haddaway

2006-08-15 11:50:23 · answer #6 · answered by darcilynn83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Love is a force created by two people, usually of opposite sex, who were meant to be together. But they can very well be the same sex, too!

2006-08-15 11:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by student 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋

There is no real answer to this question but what I have learned of what love is to me and that is the word LOVE itself holds the answer.......

(L)isten: and validate them by hearing and empathizing.
(O)verlook: their minor character flaws as they will overlook yours.
(V)alue: who they are and what they mean to you.
(E)xpress: how you love them not just with words but with actions.

2006-08-18 23:18:16 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

that song was played in gay clubs all the time till saturday night live had those three guys bopping their heads to it

2006-08-15 11:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by Voodoo Doll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Oh I don't know
why you're not fair
I give you my love
but you don't care
So what is right
and what is wrong
gimme a sign

2006-08-15 11:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by flygirl_ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

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