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Definition of Storge
1. n. Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.
Definition of Storge
1. Noun. parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Storge
1. natural affection [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storge
Literary usage of Storge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin ...: Containing the Botanic Garden, in by Erasmus Darwin (1806)
"storge. And heaven-lorn storge weaves the facial chain. CANTO II. 1. 92. THE Greek
word storge is ufed for the affection of parents to children ; which was ..."
2. The Musical World (1869)
"The music of storge is not less appropriate, every bar of it expressing the intense
... storge has a contralto voice, and heightens the dramatic interest by ..."
3. The True Christian Religion: Containing the Universal Theology of the New Church by Emanuel Swedenborg (1873)
"... from a love implanted in every one, which is called storge or parental affection;
and of children towards their parents, from another love; ..."
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