Romantic love (mental state)

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In fields of the sciences, romantic love refers to the mental state of being passionately attracted to a specific individual, with focused attention (salience), for the purpose of courtship or pair bonding. The state of romantic love is considered to be a motivation or drive, which is distinct from (but related to) the concept of attachment. Laypeople may refer to the state as being in love. A variety of other terms are also commonly associated with it. In psychology, it is often referred to as "passionate love". Other terms used to refer to it are "infatuation", "limerence", "obsessive love", and "eros". No single term has been universally adopted by academic literature on the subject. Research on the biology of romantic love indicates that romantic love resembles addiction during the intense early stage (or when unreciprocated), but academics do not currently agree on how love addictions are defined. Love which is not reciprocated is called "unrequited love", resulting in lovesickness.

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