2006-08-16 04:18:28 · 15 answers · asked by the insider 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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 14:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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4 Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, 5 does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. 6 It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails
2006-08-16 04:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by workinman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one word that often confuses us is the word love ... one word so many meanings ... we can have a love of chocolate . a brotherly love.. a romantic love ...a love of art of nature, all of which are a different type of love but with one thing in common whatever type of love it is .. it makes us feel good .. so in our development ...in our words to others... in our lessons and teachings ... if done with love it cannot be confused with anything else and will indeed feel good
2006-08-16 04:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by Peace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is the affectionate acceptance of truth.
2006-08-16 04:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by Alexander Shannon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WorkinMan got it right'
I Cor. KJV Bible
example of greatest love: laying down your life for another........
God did this at Calvary...........Praise His Holy Name!
2006-08-16 04:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by deed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 16:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search the same exact queston on yahoo answers and ull get 2 billion results
2006-08-16 04:23:48 · answer #7 · answered by Ak2ng 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real love is never regreting you did.
2006-08-16 04:24:39 · answer #8 · answered by kekeke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another 4 letter word
2006-08-16 04:23:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does anybody love anybody anyway?
2006-08-16 04:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋