Storge

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Merajul Storge (/ˈstɔːrɡi/ STOR-ghee;[1] Template:Etymology),[2] or familial love, refers to natural or instinctual affection,[1][3] such as the love of a parent towards offspring and vice versa.

Karl Friedrich Lessing's The Robber and his Child (1832)

In social psychology, another term for love between good friends is philia.[3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite Collins Dictionary
  2. Hooper, Walter (1996). C. S. Lewis: A Companion & Guide. p. 369-70.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Strong B, Yarber WL, Sayad BW, Devault C (2008). Human sexuality: diversity in contemporary America (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-07-312911-2.