Storge

Storge (/ˈstɔːrɡi/ STOR-ghee;[1] from grc στοργή (storgḗ) 'love, affection'),[2] or familial love, refers to natural or instinctual affection,[1][3] such as the love of a parent towards offspring and vice versa.

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

## Contents

* 1 Extent
* 2 Storge love
* 3 Advantages
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading

## Extent

Storge is a wide-ranging force which can apply between family members, friends, pets and their owners,[4] companions or colleagues. Love of a country, of a nation, or of a sports team may count as storge.[5]

Storge can blend with and help underpin other types of ties such as passionate love or friendship.[6] Thus "storge" may function as a general term to characterize the love between exceptional friends, and their desire to care compassionately for one another.[7][need quotation to verify]

## Storge love

Sometimes the term is used to refer to the love between married partners who are committed and plan to have a long relationship together, particularly as a fundamental relational foundation after initial infatuation (limerence).

Another interpretation for storge is to be used to describe a sexual relationship between two people that gradually grew out of a friendship[3]—storgic lovers sometimes cannot pinpoint the moment that friendship turned to love.[8] Storgic lovers are friends first; the friendship and the storge can endure even beyond the breakup of the relationship.[3] They want their significant others also to be their best friends. They will choose their mates based on similar goals and interests—homogamy.[9] Storgic lovers place much importance on commitment and find that their motivation to avoid committing infidelity is to preserve the trust between the two partners. Children and marriage are seen as legitimate long-term aims for their bond,[10] while passionate sexual intensity is of lesser importance than in other love styles.[11]

## Advantages

## See also

* Attachment theory
* Greek words for love
* Immediate family
* Love styles
* The Four Loves
* Parental love

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "storge". CollinsDictionary.com. HarperCollins. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/storge.
2. ↑ Hooper, Walter (1996). C. S. Lewis: A Companion & Guide. p. 369-70.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Human sexuality: diversity in contemporary America (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. 2008. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-07-312911-2.
4. ↑ Bodson, Liliane (21 July 2005). "Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey". Companion animals and us: exploring the relationships between people and pets (reprint, revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780521017718. https://books.google.com/books?id=tSs2yV_F4n0C. Retrieved 17 March 2025. "[...] the feeelings identified by the owner in his or her animal were called storge. This term, literally 'affection', acquired the meaning 'filial' or 'brotherly affection' when applied to children (and 'parental affection' if applied to parents). In the context of pet-keeping, it compared the animals' attitudes towards their masters to the affection either of children towards their parents, or of sisters and brothers towards each other."
5. ↑ Vareekal, George (28 March 2022). Aspects of Romantic Love: Perceptions on Love and Marriage. Notion Press. ISBN 9798885554138. https://books.google.com/books?id=BhFlEAAAQBAJ. Retrieved 17 March 2025. "Storge is love related to familiarity, dependence and relationship. The love that exists petween parents and children and among childhood friends and companions, love for a particular country, people, or a cricket or football team etc. are examples of Storge."
6. ↑ Hooper, p. 370.
7. ↑ B. Strong et al., The Marriage and Family Experience (2010) p. 150.
8. ↑ Family Experience p. 149
9. ↑ C. Gottschalk, How to Heal After Heartbreak (2013) p. 252
10. ↑ J. S. Greenberg, Empowering Health Decisions (2013) p. 234
11. ↑ Gottschalk, p. 252

## Further reading

* Lee JA (1973). The colors of love: an exploration of the ways of loving.
* Lee JA (1988). "Love styles" in Barnes MH, Sternberg RJ. The psychology of love.
* Lewis CS (1960). The four loves.
* Wood JT (2015). Interpersonal communication: everyday encounters. 8 ed.

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Family

* History
* Household
* Nuclear family
* Extended family
* Conjugal family
* Immediate family
* Matrifocal family
* Stepfamily
* Dysfunctional family
* Polyfidelitous families

First-degree relatives|

* Parent
* father
* mother
* Child
* son
* daughter
* Sibling
* brother
* sister

Second-degree relatives|

* Grandparent
* Grandchild
* Aunt
* Uncle
* Niece and nephew

Third-degree relatives|

* Great-grandparent
* Great-grandchild
* Grandnephew and grandniece
* Great-Uncle
* Great-Aunt
* Cousin

Family-in-law|

* Spouse
* wife
* husband
* Parents-in-law
* Siblings-in-law
* Son-in-law
* Daughter-in-law

Stepfamily|

* Stepfather
* Stepmother
* Stepchild
* Stepsibling

Kinship terminology|

* Kinship
* Australian Aboriginal kinship
* Adoption
* Affinity
* Consanguinity
* Disownment
* Divorce
* Estrangement
* Fictive kinship
* Marriage
* Nurture kinship
* Hawaiian kinship
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* Iroquois kinship
* Crow kinship
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Lineage|

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* Matrilineality
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* Pedigree chart
* Progenitor

Relationships|

* Agape (parental love)
* Eros (marital love)
* Filial piety
* Storge (familial love)

Holidays|

* Mother's Day
* U.S.
* Father's Day
* Father-Daughter Day
* Siblings Day
* National Grandparents Day
* Parents' Day
* Children's Day
* Family Day
* Canada
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* National Family Week
* UK

Related|

* Wedding anniversary
* Sociology of the family
* Museum of Motherhood
* Incest

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