Infatuative
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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.”"
Example
More examples"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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