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CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
​WordMap: Love and Romance
  • ​The Greek Definition of Love
  • In English it’s Sexy, In French it’s Séduisant
  • ​Where do Broken Hearts Go?
  • No Emoji Poetry. Try Seductive and Sensual
  • How We Can Express Attraction and Love
  • Words of Love for Your Writing
  • ​Untranslatable Words for Love - words of the world with no English equivalent
​A ​SUFFIX LOVE SONG
  • The Phile Words - Affection
  • The Mania Words - Obsession
  • The Phobia Words - Dislike or Fear​

TRY THESE OTHER LISTS
Defining Love With the Romance of French

Sex Terms You Didn’t Know You Needed
A Tantalizing Quiver of Attraction
Defining Beautiful Resplendently

Translating Your Feelings

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
  • Feelings You Can’t Define - Obscure Sorrows
  • Feelings You Have No Word For
  • ​Universal Words for Happiness
  • Perfect Happiness,, Serenity & Sweetness​​
  • Neither Good Nor Bad - Words of Apathy
Mindfulness Self Care for Emotional Growth
Feelings from the Dark Side of the Moon -​
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​FEATURED LISTS
THE STORY OF SOULMATES - View | File ​​​
  • ​Truth to the Story of Soulmates
  • Fleeting Moment in the Construct of Time
  • Forever in an Infinite Cycle of Eternity
  • Spinning the Hands of Fate
  • The Ties That Bind Two Souls
  • ​Cosmic Roadmap for Gods at the Wheel
  • An Answer to the Story of Soulmates
  • BONUS: Reference Guide to Mythology
ORIGINS OF EROTIC WORDS ~ View | File
  • The Greeks Wrote the Book on Love
  • Plato’s Symposium Syllabus of Sex
  • Dictionary of Delicious Debauchery​
DEFINING THE STORY OF A KISS~ View | File
  • A Kiss in the Science Lab of Love
  • Kama Sutra Kissing Authority
  • Kissing Vocabulary: Obscure ~ World​​

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PONDERING THE PHOBIA
Complete. collection of phobias to peruse and ponder and if you need help, check the library for the associated content from my books and self care guides on managing fear and anxiety.
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ASSOCIATED BOOK

SECRETS OF THE HEART

Defining and Understanding the Meaning of Attraction, Lust, Affection, Love, Sex
​Love. We think about it, sing about it, dream about it, worry about it. When we don’t have it, we search for it; when we discover it, we don’t know what to do with it; and when we have it, we fear losing it. How to define it? Do we understand it?
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THE PHOBE WORDS
​Dislike and Fear


A SUFFIX LOVE SONG
The Phile Words - Defining Affection
The Mania Words - Defining Obsession
The Phobia Words - Defining Dislike
Phobias related to all matters of the heart including searching, pining, dating, romance, love, marriage, and the heartbreaking pain of breaking up or losing the one you love.

Philophobia – fear of love, falling in love or being in love

Gamocedeiaphobia – fear of making a commitment

Anuptaphobia – fear of breaking up or never meeting the one, or being alone forever

MATTERS OF THE HEART
  • Agliophobia - fear of being hurt
  • Allodoxaphobia – fear of your lover’s opinions
  • Amansophobia – fear of your boyfriend or girlfriend
  • Ammidyphobia – fear of a lover leaving you
  • Anthrophobia - fear of flowers
  • Anuptaphobia – fear of being single
  • Apeirophobia – fear of infinity or eternity
  • Apostasiphobia – fear of long distances
  • Archephobia – fear of being controlled
  • Askophobia - fear of asking questions
  • Atelophobia - fear of imperfection or not being good enough
  • Athazagoraphobia - fear of being forgotten, ignored or replaced
  • Atychiphobia - fear of not being good enough for your love
  • Autophobia - fear of being by yourself
  • Bantuphobia – fear of banter
  • Cacophobia – fear of ugliness
  • Caramelaphobia - fear of candy
  • Chayiphobia – fear of difference
  • Cherophobia - fear of being happy because you get too happy things go bad
  • Dakrophobia – fear of crying
  • Dependophobia or Subordinatephobia – fear of dependency
  • Dolorophobia – fear of suffering or hurting
  • Doxophobia - fear of receiving praise
  • Duophobia – fear of pairs
  • Dystychiphobia - fear of hurting someone
  • Eleutherophobia – fear of freedom
  • Emotaophobia – fear of emotional things
  • Enosiophobia – fear of having committed an unpardonable sin
  • Eremoohobia - fear of loneliness
  • Eremophobia – fear of being selfish
  • Ereuthrophobia - fear of blushing
  • Erratophobia - fear of making mistakes
  • Erythrophobia – fear of the color red
  • Eupistophobia – fear of faith
  • Futurephobia – fear of the future
  • Gamophobia – fear of being in a relationship
  • Gamophobia – fear of getting married or commitment
  • Genophobia – fear of sex
  • Gymnophobia, Nudaphobia – fear of nudity
  • Gynophobia – fear of women
  • Haphephobia - fear of touching things or being touched
  • Hedonophobia – fear of feeling pleasure
  • Historophobia – fear of history
  • Implexaphobia – fear of tanglement
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia - fear of failure
  • Kosmemophobia - fear of jewelry
  • Metrophobia – fear of poetry
  • Mnemophobia – fear of memories
  • Monophobia - fear of being alone
  • Neophobia - fear of newness
  • Oblitophobia, Dediscophobia – fear of forgetting
  • Onomatophobia – fear of hearing the name of your lover after you break up
  • Opinatophobia – fear of imagination
  • Paralipophobia – fear of neglecting duty or responsibility
  • Peccatophobia – fear of imaginary crimes by your lover
  • Philemaphobia – fear of kissing
  • Pistanthrophia - fear of trusting someone based on previous relations that have gone bad
  • Posthocalyptrophobia – fear of buying or using a condom
  • Pragmaticophobia – fear of reality
  • Praxiphobia – fear of actions you take or ypur lover takes
  • Prosophobia – fear of progress
  • Protistophobia – fear of firsts
  • questiophobia - fear of being asked questions
  • Reminderphobia – fear of reminders of your lover
  • Sarmassophobia or Malaxophobia - fear of love play
  • Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
  • Sientophobia - fear of apologizing too excessively
  • Simaphobia – fear of signs
  • Spousophobia – fear of your spouse
  • Teleophobia – fear of definite plans
  • Telochronophobia – fear of running out of time
  • Thaumatophobia – fear of miracles
  • Tongyiphobia – fear of sameness
  • Tragoudiphobia – fear of your song
  • Valentinophobia – fear of Valentine's Day
  • Xocolataphobia - fear of chocolates

FEAR OF YOUR FEELINGS
  • Angrophobia or Iraphobia – fear of experiencing, showing or dealing with anger
  • Animotophobia – fear of having or showing any emotions
  • Anisychiaphobia – fear of worry
  • Apogoitefsiphobia – fear of being disappointed
  • Charaphobia – fear of experiencing joy
  • Culpaphobia – fear of feeling guilty
  • Endiaferonphobia – fear of being interested
  • Enochlisiphobia – fear of being annoyed
  • Epithymiaphobia – fear of feeling sexual desire
  • Epliphobia – fear of having hope
  • Erotophobia – fear of the concept of love
  • Frustrationphobia – fear of being frustrated
  • Laetophobia – fear of feeling happy
  • Lypiphobia – fear of feeling regret
  • Lyssophobia – fear of becoming mad
  • Nostalgiaphobia – fear of the nostalgia of the past
  • Panikophobia – fear of panic
  • Periergeiaphobia – fear of having curiosity
  • Timidophobia or Pavidophobia – fear of being too shy
  • Tristophobia or Maestophobia – fear of grief, sorrow and sadness
  • Zelophobia – fear of the green eyed monster of jealousy

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CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
​WordMap: Love and Romance
  • ​The Greek Definition of Love
  • In English it’s Sexy, In French it’s Séduisant
  • ​Where do Broken Hearts Go?
  • No Emoji Poetry. Try Seductive and Sensual
  • How We Can Express Attraction and Love
  • Words of Love for Your Writing​
  • Untranslatable Words for Love - words of the world with no English equivalent ​
​A SUFFIX LOVE SONG
  • The Phile Words - Defining Affection
  • The Mania Words - Defining Obsession
  • The Phobia Words - Defining Dislike
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FEATURED LISTS
Story of Soulmates - View | File ​​​​​
Greek Origins of Erotic Vocabulary ~ View | File
The Defining Story of the Kiss ~ View | File

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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS