Editing Limerence (section)

=== Infatuation ===
Various authors have considered "[[infatuation]]" to be a synonym for both passionate love and limerence.<ref name="diamond2003" /><ref name="fisher2002" /><ref name="acevedo2009" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sternberg |first=Robert |date=1986 |title=A triangular theory of love |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0033-295X.93.2.119 |journal=[[Psychological Review]] |volume=93 |issue=2 |pages=119–135 |doi=10.1037/0033-295X.93.2.119|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Dorothy Tennov]] has stated that she did not use the word "infatuation" because while there is overlap, the word evokes different connotations.<ref>{{harvnb|Tennov|2005|p=28}}</ref> In one type of distinction, people use "infatuation" to express disapproval or to refer to unsatisfactory relationships, and "love" to refer to satisfactory ones.<ref>{{harvnb|Hatfield|Walster|1985|pp=51–53}}</ref> In ''Love and Limerence'', Tennov considers "infatuation" to be a [[pejorative]], for example often being used as a label for teenage limerent fantasizing and obsession with a celebrity.<ref>{{harvnb|Tennov|1999|pp=15,85}}</ref>

In the [[triangular theory of love]], by [[Robert Sternberg]], "infatuation" refers to romantic passion without intimacy (or closeness) and without commitment.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Tallis 2004 45">{{harvnb|Tallis|2004|p=45}}</ref> Sternberg has stated that infatuation in his theory is essentially the same as limerence.<ref name=":0" /> Another related concept (which also has qualities reminiscent of limerence)<ref name="Tallis 2004 45" /> is "fatuous love", which is romantic passion ''with'' a commitment made in the absence of intimacy. This can be, for example, lovers in the throes of new passion who commit to marry without really knowing each other well enough to know if they are suitable partners. In this situation, their passion usually wanes over time, turning into a commitment alone (called "empty love") and they become unhappy.<ref>{{harvnb|Tallis|2004|p=46}}</ref>