#Defination_of_LOVE 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. In common use, care refers to a mental or emotional state of predisposition in which one has an interest or concern for someone or something. To care for someone, may also refer to a disquieted state of mixed uncertainty, apprehension, and responsibility; or a cause for such anxiety. Caring for an object, such as a house, refers to a state of attendant maintenance; or may also refer to a state of charge or supervision, as in under a doctor’s care. #3. #friendship - favoured interpersonal associations or relationships. #4. #union - dissolution of loving subject into loved object; a hyper-real state of creative generosity. #5. #family - people related via common ancestry. #6. #bond - the inner connection when another person is a part of your identity. Thomas Jay Oord defines love as acting intentionally, in sympathetic response to others (including God), to promote overall well-being. Oord means for his definition to be adequate for religion, philosophy, and the sciences
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