anteros

See also: Anteros, anterôs, and anterōs

English

Alternative forms

• anterôs, anterōs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντέρως (antérōs), reputedly coined by Plato. That in turn comes from ἀντί (antí, “against”) +‎ ἔρως (érōs, “love”), hence the translation as counterlove.

Noun

anteros (uncountable)

1. (chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.
   • 1987, Julia Kristeva, Tales of love‎^[1], page 66:

     The loved one, in turn, thus subject to the fiery soul of the lover, experiences anteros, a counterlove whose calm consent amounts to very filial affection […]

Anagrams

• Santore, Senator, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, senator, tenoras, treason