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Fear of commitment, also known as gamophobia, [1] is the irrational fear or avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage. [ citation needed ] The term is sometimes used interchangeably with commitment phobia , [ 2 ] which describes a generalized fear or avoidance of commitments more broadly.
A committed relationship is an interpersonal relationship based upon agreed-upon commitment to one another involving love, trust, honesty, openness, or some other behavior. Forms of committed relationships include close friendship, long-term relationships, engagement, marriage, and civil unions.
Limerence is a state of mind resulting from romantic feelings for another person. It typically involves intrusive and melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection, along with a desire for the reciprocation of one's feelings and to form a relationship with the object of love.
Companionate love is an intimate, non-passionate type of love that is stronger than friendship because of the element of long-term commitment. "This type of love is observed in long-term marriages where passion is no longer present" [13] but where a deep affection and commitment remain.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
This definition integrates the classic constructs of job satisfaction (Smith et al., 1969), and organizational commitment (Meyer & Allen, 1991). Defining employee engagement remains problematic. In their review of the literature in 2011, Wollard and Shuck [ 5 ] identify four main sub-concepts within the term:
The Dodgers and catcher Will Smith have agreed to a long-term contract extension that will be for 10 years and $140 million.
Commitment scheme, a cryptographic scheme that allows commitment to a chosen value; Promise, a commitment by someone to do or not do something; Involuntary commitment, detainment in a mental hospital due to symptoms of severe mental disorder