Romance (love)
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Part of a series on Love
Historically
Courtly love
Greek love
Religious love
Types of emotion
Erotic love
Platonic love
Familial love
Puppy love
Romantic love
See also
Unrequited love
Problem of love
Sexuality
Sexual intercourse
Valentine's Day
Romance is a general term that refers to an intimate and often sexual relationship between two people.[1] It is an exaggerated[2] or decorated expression of love.[3] It also refers to a feeling of excitement associated with love.[4] Historically the term romance did not necessarily imply love relationships, but rather was seen as an artistic expression of one's innermost desires; sometimes including love, sometimes not. Romance is still sometimes viewed as an expressionistic, or artful form, but within the context of "romantic love" relationships it usually implies an expression of one's love, or one's deep emotional desires to connect with another person. "Romance" in this sense can therefore be defined as attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something or someone, in literature similar exaggerated narration is called romance (see Romanticism and Romance novel).
