Psychologist Robert Sternberg argues that love can be conceptualized as combinations of three basic components of love:

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Robert Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love proposes that love consists of three basic components: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Passion refers to the physical and emotional attraction, intimacy refers to the emotional closeness and trust, and commitment refers to the decision to maintain the relationship. These three components can combine in different ways to form different types of love, such as infatuation (passion without intimacy or commitment), romantic love (passion and intimacy without commitment), and companionate love (intimacy and commitment without passion).

Psychologist Robert Sternberg Argues That Love Can Be Conceptualized as Combinations