amativeness
9.9
A tendency to feel sexual desire or romantic love
- noun
- /ˈæmətɪvnəs/
- NSFW
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amatividad
- The poet wrote extensively about the amativeness that consumed his thoughts.
Examples
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Amativeness, 8 incline...
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In discussions about relationships, they often referred to amativeness as a driving force.
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Her strong sense of amativeness often led her to fall in love quickly.
Synonyms
2
9.9
A strong sexual desire for another person
includes that desire but also a romantic love tendency
1
7.2
A strong desire to have sex with someone
also covers romantic attraction, not only sexual urge
1
9.9
A very strong sexual desire, especially for sex between a man and a woman
is more general, covering romantic love as well as sexual desire
amorousness
vsamativeness
8.2
A strong feeling of love or desire for someone
is about being prone to both romantic love and sexual desire
9.6
A strong feeling of love or great liking for people and things such as art and music
includes romantic love but also covers sexual desire tendency
9.9
A strong desire to have sex
is broader adding romantic love rather than only lust
How Amorous
Surface Forms
amativeness singular
amativenesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word amativeness comes from the Latin verb amare, which means 'to love', as you can see in English words like amorous, and the English ending -ness that makes a word about a state. So, amativeness means having romantic or sexual feelings.