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Discover LudwigThe phrase "excessive love" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone's affection or devotion is considered to be more than what is reasonable or healthy.
Example: "Her excessive love for her pet led her to spoil it with treats and toys every day."
Alternatives: "overwhelming affection" or "intense devotion."
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The philosophers also counselled against the excessive love of money.
The excessive love of individual liberty that debases our national politics?
Nature breeds intolerance and excessive love of nature always leads to totalitarianism.
But, suffering from tuberculosis and an excessive love of gin, he died a few years later, in 1783.
This manifests itself in, among other things, an excessive love of deep-fried Mars bars and other health-sapping delicacies.
As with "Driving Mr. Albert," this book highlights Mr. Paterniti's excessive love of digression, which undermines faith that the main story is strong enough to captivate readers.
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Also amused was the Standard's AE Wilson, who found the play "devastatingly funny" but was distracted by being "rather embarrassed by the excessive love-making".
It was a pretty crazy reaction, and just shows how excessive the love for celebrities is in China.
His wife, a Dutch Jewish woman, Henrietta Pressburg, was semi-literate and was said to suffer from "excessive mother love", devoting much time to her family and insisting on cleanliness within her home.
Patrick Ford: "Circus" Yet another acolyte in the cult of Britney, this unnerving 20-year-old spent most of his time in the holding area creeping people out with his excessive Britney love, even going so far as to bring roses on stage for the singer.
It is this ancient story that supplied us with the word "narcissism," to mean excessive self-love.
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