infatuation

1 foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

2 temporary love of an adolescent [syn: puppy love, calf love, crush]

3 an object of extravagant short-lived passion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
2. An unreasoning love or attraction.

Translations

Infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love; addictive love. Infatuation usually occurs at the beginning of a relationship. It is characterized by urgency, intensity, sexual desire, and/or anxiety, in which there is an extreme absorption in another. It is traditionally associated with youth.

See also

• Limerence
• Crush
• Erich Fromm

References

• Harville, H. PhD. (1992). Keeping the Love You Find. New York: Pocket Books.
• Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. (2000). Whitney, DeBruyne, Sizer-Webb, Health: Making Life Choices (pp. 494-496)

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