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Also known as affection

احساسات قوی و مثبت بر پایهٔ محبت و عاطفه

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Love is a theme and an emotion that is a subclass of affection. It is characterized by intimacy and is the opposite of hatred. The subject is distinct from infatuation, limerence, and the terms Love and Amour. It is referenced by 2,465 other encyclopedia articles.

The topic has a template and appears in the Commons category and gallery under "Love." It is on the focus list of the Wikipedia project for vital articles. Described by sources including the Dictionnaire Infernal and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, it is associated with hashtags such as love, Liebe, любовь, and amore. The Unicode character ❤ represents the concept. A PubMed query for love yields a count of 25243.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Research

25,243 papers

The neurobiology of love.ReviewFEBS letters · 2007Zeki SDOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.094
Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process.Journal of personality and social psychology · 1987Hazan C, Shaver PDOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.3.511
The Molecular Basis of Love.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Babková J, Repiská GDOI: 10.3390/ijms26041533
Romantic love: an fMRI study of a neural mechanism for mate choice.ReviewThe Journal of comparative neurology · 2005Fisher H, Aron A, Brown LLDOI: 10.1002/cne.20772
The Science of Love: State of the Art.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021Marazziti D, Palermo S, Mucci FDOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74046-7_16
Love and Medicine.JAMA · 2024Kanne TDOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.26366
What makes people grow? Love and hope.ReviewJournal of physiological anthropology · 2023Bogin BDOI: 10.1186/s40101-023-00330-7
Psychodynamic Aspects of Love: A Narrative Review.ReviewPsychiatria Danubina · 2022Bilić V, Eterović M, Marčinko DDOI: 10.24869/psyd.2022.3

Wikidata facts

Instance of: theme
Subclass of: emotion
Image: Frank Bernard Dicksee - Romeo and Juliet, 1884.jpg

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Commons category: Love
topic's main category: Category:Love
Commons gallery: Love
opposite of: hatred
different from: falling in love
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
hashtag: amor
has characteristic: intimacy
Unicode character: ❤
topic has template: Template:Love sidebar
P8168: Antiochis

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