companionate

Speech parts

1. companionate - Adjective

2. companionate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

like a companion

Synonyms

Examples

companionate marriage Source: Internet

a companionate dog Source: Internet

Both Edgeworth and Austen argue that women are crucial to the development of the nation; moreover, they portray women as rational beings who should choose companionate marriage. Source: Internet

Austen's complex sketching of different marriages ultimately allows readers to question what forms of alliance are desirable, especially when it comes to privileging economic, sexual, companionate attraction. Source: Internet

Kaplan, "Wild Nights", 35. For example, Wollstonecraft advises her readers to "calmly let passion subside into friendship" in the ideal companionate marriage (that is, in the ideal of a love-based marriage that was developing at the time). Source: Internet

Passionate love is intense longing, and is often accompanied by physiological arousal (shortness of breath, rapid heart rate); companionate love is affection and a feeling of intimacy not accompanied by physiological arousal. Source: Internet

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