Infatuative

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of infatuation. not-comparable, rare

    "Since infatuation doesn’t seem in the main to be aimed at building identity—although some of that does go on—we demand that one let go of the infatuation once it becomes clear that it is mainly infatuative sexual fantasizing and not character self construction that is going on. “Oh, that’s just an infatuation; he’ll get over it.”"

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"Since infatuation doesn’t seem in the main to be aimed at building identity—although some of that does go on—we demand that one let go of the infatuation once it becomes clear that it is mainly infatuative sexual fantasizing and not character self construction that is going on. “Oh, that’s just an infatuation; he’ll get over it.”"

Etymology

From infatuate + -ive.

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