familial love
Bond between relatives
Familial love is the affection and attachment between family members—parents and children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
It differs from romantic love in its basis: blood relation, adoption, or long domestic bonds rather than attraction or choice.
The familial love between the brothers survived decades of distance.
The term often appears in contexts distinguishing types of love or explaining why someone prioritizes family.
- parenthoodState of having children
- kinshipState of being related
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- maternal bondMother's emotional connection to offspring
- acceptanceConsent to receive
raising children · nurturing · open arms · tenderness · warm embrace · devotion · filial piety · emotional support · loyalty · caregiving · attachment · security · safe haven · siblinghood · trust · belongingness · empathy · ancestry
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- father-daughterpaternal bond, daddy, papa, dad, father figure
- fondnessaffection, liking, fondness, tenderness, caring
- sacred loveagape, loving-kindness, caritas, divine grace, divine compassion
- hug typesembrace, bear hug, group hug, friendly gesture, tight squeeze
familial lovedomestic abuse
Harm by household member
parental rejection · family dysfunction · intergenerational trauma · sibling rivalry · family abandonment
familial loveromantic love
Deep amorous attachment
erotic love · sexual attraction · eros · lust · passionate love
familial loveisolation
Complete separation from others
alienation · hatred · estrangement · emotional detachment · detachment