unlove

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Noun

unlove (uncountable)

1. The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
   • 2005, David Deida, Blue Truth:

     Disgust, nausea, loathing—some aspects of yourself and others surely deserve such abhorrent gut responses. But disgust doesn't create suffering— recoil does. Separation is the act of unlove.

   • 2007, John Welwood, Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships:

     How do you experience this sense of unlove in your body? Notice the specific quality of the bodily ... Then see if you can let the feeling of unlove be there just as it is, without trying to fix it, change it, or judge it.

   • 2011, Christopher Uhl, Teaching as if Life Matters:

     All the most intractable problems in human relationships can be traced back to “the mood of unlove,” a deep-seated suspicion most of us harbor ... The mood of unlove that Wellwood describes is pervasive in our culture.

Translations

• Portuguese: desamor
• Spanish: desamor

Verb

unlove (unloves, present participle unloving; past and past participle unloved)

1. (transitive) To lose one's love (for someone or something).

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