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Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 11:59 am
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2018 at 12:01 pm by tackattack.)
What is the opposite of love to people? If other please state you other and feel free to discuss.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 12:01 pm
Anything that's not love.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 12:02 pm
(November 19, 2018 at 11:59 am)tackattack Wrote: What is the opposite of love to people?
Definitely not hatred, at least not the passionate type (since that's more like a disguised love).
More like strongly despise (something of that sort). But if you want to call that hatred, feel free to do so.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 12:04 pm
Indifference, imo. I suppose the intuitive answer would be hate..but what is hate but another expression of an equally intense emotion directed at the same person or object or idea.
They have more in common with each other than either have with indifference, and indifference is distinct from them in all the ways that they're similar to each other.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 12:22 pm
Envy/Spite.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 1:19 pm
Disgust, maybe. Love is feeling an extreme bond with someone, where you want to be with them, help them, and miss them when they're gone. So the opposite would be never wanting to be near them, or thinking about them, and not caring for their suffering. So disgust or revulsion.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 1:23 pm
Evol.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 1:24 pm
OK we'll say hate or some other negative emotion like disgust or envy or spite for the first option
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 1:31 pm
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Hate can be of envy and spite or it can be a category of good intended love.
For example, we hate it when someone who we love does something hurtful to us. The hate generates from love.
Like wise, a person can love that an evil thing happens to someone, but that could be from ill intended hate. It can be that of spite and envy.
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RE: Opposite of Love
November 19, 2018 at 1:58 pm
(November 19, 2018 at 1:31 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Hate can be of envy and spite or it can be a category of good intended love.
For example, we hate it when someone who we love does something hurtful to us. The hate generates from love.
Like wise, a person can love that an evil thing happens to someone, but that could be from ill intended hate. It can be that of spite and envy.
My kids don't hate me when I Love them, they may not understand the tough love sometimes, but it doesn't breed hate. There is no hate in love, IMO. Some people may love to hate, but I don't think the opposite or any subjective emotion has an opposite other than indifference. Sort of like the color wheel, there are extremes in different directions that clash and seep opposite, but the 0 point is the center of the pie.
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