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Dorothy Tennov Quotes

1928–2007 United States

Dorothy Tennov (August 29, 1928 – February 3, 2007) was an American psychologist who invented the term "limerence".

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I rejected "infatuation" because although the meanings of the terms overlap in some respect, they differ in meaning, and evoke different connotations.

I coined the word "limerence." It was pronounceable and seemed to me and to two students to have a "fitting" sound. To be in the state of limerence is to feel what is usually termed "being in love."

It is not love. It is the force of evolution
expressed as the compulsion for the particular,
this particular one above all others. Often,
it is called love. . .

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dorothy Tennov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.