What is love?

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Not the song, please.

What is it? How do you describe it?


GO.

The dictionary says:
1 an intense feeling of deep affection.
( Love) a personified figure of love, often represented as Cupid.
• a great interest and pleasure in something : his love for football | we share a love of music.
• affectionate greetings conveyed to someone on one's behalf.
• a formula for ending an affectionate letter.
2 a person or thing that one loves.

• Brit., informal a friendly form of address : it's all right, love.
• ( a love) Brit., informal used to express affectionate approval for someone : don't fret, there's a love.
3 (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil : love fifteen | he was down two sets to love. [ORIGIN: apparently from the phrase play for love (i.e., the love of the game, not for money); folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf ‘egg,’ from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero.]
verb [ trans. ]
feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone) : do you love me?
• like very much; find pleasure in : I'd love a cup of tea, thanks | I just love dancing | [as adj., in combination ] ( -loving) a fun-loving girl.
PHRASES
for love for pleasure not profit : he played for the love of the game.
for the love of God used to express annoyance, surprise, or urgent pleading : for the love of God, get me out of here!
for the love of Mike informal used to accompany an exasperated request or to express dismay.
love me, love my dog proverb if you love someone, you must accept everything about them, even their faults or weaknesses.
make love 1 have sexual intercourse. 2 ( make love to) dated pay amorous attention to (someone).
not for love or money informal not for any inducement or in any circumstances : they'll not return for love or money.
there's no (or little or not much) love lost between there is mutual dislike between (two or more people mentioned).
DERIVATIVES
loveless adjective
lovelessly adverb
lovelessness noun
loveworthy |-ˌwərðē| adjective
ORIGIN Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires,’ Latin libet ‘it is pleasing,’ libido ‘desire,’ also by leave 2 and lief .

I wasn't particularly looking for an "academic" definition....

It's the experience of feeling giddy and a little bit sick but in a weirdly pleasant way, which tastes of pink and sounds like sparkles.

Oh no, hang on, that's being in love.

Love is an impersonal force, most people don't experience it.

Oh sorry about that.
Here, a quote:

Immature love says, “I love you because I need you.”

Mature love says, “I need you because I love you.”
~ Erich Fromm

I am a NT. I'm having doubts about this setting, but ...

If you are talking about love between a man and a woman, I have the feeling that I love when I start to feel a little anxious or a little nervous, or the heart beating a little faster when I see / when I'm around this person

Another quote:" Love is what makes you smile when you're tired" Paul Coleho

Another one: " I approached a kid and asked: What is love?
The kid answered: Love is when a puppy licks your face.
I laughed, but then the kid added: Even after you left him alone all day"
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I think the anxious/fluttery feeling is attraction/lust.
Love is different and hard to explain. It probably means different things to different people.

I have trouble being able to tell the difference between deep infatuation and love so I couldn't help you there.

Well, I talked about the relationship between man / woman. Indeed, the "pure love" without attraction is even more difficult to define each person with their concept or several concepts. The only thing I can think of at the moment would be when you generate a great deal of empathy for another person, you really care about her, if she needs you to help expecting nothing in return. .

I used to date a Vietnamese guy who said he loved me often. I didn't understand it. When we broke up he cried. I was surprised. I'm nobody, nothing. I'm not to be lamented over. He cried because he loved me and didn't want to lose me. I understand it now but didn't get it at the time. Too bad. We probably could've still been together and I wouldn't be a bitter old recluse.

To respond to the prompt, Love is difficult, especially for Us Aspies and others with neuro disorders,

I may be a huge Dante Alighieri fan but love takes on a different meaning for everybody.
Love to me is deep, and bonding. Love is a cable connecting two people, strong enough to survive anything. For example, look at the kind of love Dante Alighieri showed for Beatrice Portinari, and imagine the kind of devotion and adoration there might've been had the two ever actually been a couple. That is what love is to me...intense devotion and adoration.

Dammit.

What about the other song, The Verb "To Love"?

To me, love makes more sense as a verb than as a noun.

"love" was a brand of dog food in australia until they took it off the market.

I wish i knew what 'love' is. I only ever had guys i liked never liked me in the same way