companionate

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“The idea of companionate marriage and love became a part of the calculus of marriage, and Valentine’s Day cards became a part of courtship,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Golia: Historians talk about the rise of the modern companionate marriage: the way that marriage—which was formerly a matter of economic exchange—was, in the 20th century, leached of some of that transactional aspect.

From Slate • May 16, 2021

College-educated American women, though, may stray farther afield, most often because careers and companionate marriages beckon, and maybe also because we tend to have kids when we are practically old enough to be grandmas ourselves.

From New York Times • May 1, 2021

Even though modern partnerships are increasingly founded on democratic and companionate principles, when you peer inside the inner workings you often find tired stereotypes very much intact.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

You and the law, with an introductory companionate index, also a layman's law dictionary. © 28Sep28; A1054747.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1955 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office