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amativeness

amativeness

9.9
A tendency to feel sexual desire or romantic love
  • noun
  • /ˈæmətɪvnəs/
  • NSFW
translation icon : amatividad
  • The poet wrote extensively about the amativeness that consumed his thoughts.

Examples

  • Amativeness, 8 incline...

  • In discussions about relationships, they often referred to amativeness as a driving force.

  • Her strong sense of amativeness often led her to fall in love quickly.

Synonyms

concupiscence
vsamativeness
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2 9.9

A strong sexual desire for another person

includes that desire but also a romantic love tendency
lustfulness
vsamativeness
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1 7.2

A strong desire to have sex with someone

also covers romantic attraction, not only sexual urge
aphrodisia
vsamativeness
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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
enamoredness
vsamativeness
  • US
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
libidinousness
vsamativeness
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9.9

A strong desire to have sex

is broader adding romantic love rather than only lust

How Amorous

lust
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84 3.4
amativeness
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9.9
passion
463 2.5
affection
317 1.4

Surface Forms

amativeness singular
amativenesses plural

Morphology

amativeness = amative (semi-transparent) = amative + ness

The noun is regularly formed from the adjective 'amative' with the productive suffix '-ness', but 'amative' is a rare, Latin-derived adjective that many learners will not know.

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.