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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|id1=love|*keh₂d-}}
The {{glossary|adjective}} is a {{calque|en|de|Liebe-Hass|nocap=1}} (now more commonly {{m|de|Hassliebe|t=love-hate relationship}}),<ref>{{R:OED Online|subentry=love-hate|subpos=n|subid=38908869|entry=love|pos=''n.''{{sup|1}}|noformat=1|id=110566|date=June 2008|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adj}}</ref> from {{m|de|Liebe|t=love; relationship of love}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|t=to love}}) + {{m|de|Hass|t=hate; hatred}} (ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*keh₂d-|t=anger; hatred}}).

The {{glossary|verb}} is derived from the adjective.<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|subentry=love-hate|subpos=v|subid=122510700|entry=love|pos=''n.''{{sup|1}}|noformat=1|id=110566|date=June 2008}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌlʌvˈheɪt/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-love-hate.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪt|s=2}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|originally|psychoanalysis}} Of a [[relationship]]: [[involve|involving]] [[feeling#Noun|feelings]] of both [[love#Noun|love]] and [[hate#Noun|hate]], often [[simultaneously]].
#* {{quote-video game|en|developer=w:BioWare|title={{w|Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect}}|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Varren Codex entry|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|passage=The krogan have had a '''love-hate''' relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en-US|author=Dwight Garner|title=A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook|work=The New York Times|date=2013-06-04|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/books/taipei-by-tao-lin.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=I loathe reviews in which a critic claims to have '''love-hate''' feelings about a work of art. It’s a way of having no opinion at all. But I love and hate “Taipei.”}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Jesse Hassenger|title=Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed ''{{w|Wreck-It Ralph}}'' Sequel|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121090639/https://film.avclub.com/disney-goes-viral-with-an-ambitious-overstuffed-wreck-1830370111|archivedate=21 November 2019|work=w:The A.V. Club|date=14 November 2018|passage=Still, the movie [''{{w|Ralph Breaks the Internet}}''] manages to locate some gentle satire in our culture's '''love-hate''' relationship with the internet. At one point, Ralph must attain a certain level of viral popularity, assisted by the BuzzFeed-esque content guru Yesss ({{w|Taraji P. Henson}}), and the movie is savvy about how accidental spikes in fame can turn into cynical algorithm manipulation.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|love-hatred}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[愛]][[恨]][[交加]]|tr=àihènjiāojiā}}, {{t|cmn|[[愛]][[恨]][[交織]]|tr=àihènjiāozhī}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[viha]]-[[rakkaus]]-}} {{qualifier|see [[viha-rakkaussuhde]]}}
* French: d’{{t+|fr|amour-haine}}
* German: {{t|de|hassliebend}}
* Italian: {{t|it|odiosamato}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|愛憎|tr=あいぞう, aizō}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[feel]] both [[love]] and [[hate]] (for someone or something), often [[simultaneously]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2022|author=w:Jordan Castro|title=The Novelist|publisher=Catapult|isbn=9781593767143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=td9CEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT69&dq=%22love-hating%22&hl=&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22love-hating%22&f=false|text={{...}}Eric got to act out his resentment while also hating himself, really '''love-hating''' himself, and he got to do it while masquerading as a warrior for the less fortunate!}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously}}
* French: {{t|fr|détestaimer}} {{qualifier|rare}}
* German: {{t|de|hasslieben}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|frenemy}}
* {{l|en|on-again, off-again}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|love–hate relationship}}

{{C|en|Hatred|Love}}
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