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Anteros vs Anthros - What's the difference?

anteros | anthros |

As nouns the difference between anteros and anthros

is that anteros is the counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes while anthros is .

anteros

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

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  • 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

    • anthros

    English

    Noun

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