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romantic friendship

romantic friendship noun: an intensely emotional love relationship between two people, in which sexuality is unimportant and typically absent, but there is greater physical affection or emotional communication than is typical for friendship.

Noun

romantic friendship (countable and uncountable, plural romantic friendships)

  1. An intensely emotional love relationship between two people, in which sexuality is unimportant and typically absent, but there is greater physical affection or emotional communication than is typical for friendship.

Forms of romantic friendship

pluralromantic friendships

Questions about romantic friendship

What does romantic friendship mean?
Romantic friendship means an intensely emotional love relationship between two people, in which sexuality is unimportant and typically absent, but there is greater physical affection or emotional communication than is typical for friendship.
What part of speech is romantic friendship?
Romantic friendship is a noun.
What is the plural of romantic friendship?
The plural of romantic friendship is romantic friendships.

Words near romantic friendship in the dictionary

  1. romantasy
  2. romanted
  3. romantic
  4. romantic comedies
  5. romantic comedy
  6. romantic friendship
  7. romantic friendships
  8. romantic guitar
  9. romantic guitars
  10. romantic necrophiliac
  11. romantic orientation

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