anteros

See also: Anteros, anterôs, and anterōs

English

Alternative forms

  • anterôs, anterōs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντέρως (antérōs), reputedly coined by Plato. That in turn comes from ἀντί (antí, against) + ἔρως (érōs, love), hence the translation as counterlove.

Noun

anteros (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.
    • 1987, Julia Kristeva, Tales of love, page 66:
      The loved one, in turn, thus subject to the fiery soul of the lover, experiences anteros, a counterlove whose calm consent amounts to very filial affection []

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