The LoveIQ Glossary

Your guide to the terminology of self-understanding. Decode the language of
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B

Base Code (Evolutionary Ethology)Being Chosen Being Safe Being Seen Bias Biochemical Reward Dynamics Biochemical Reward System Dynamics Body Image Impact Body Map Body-First Arousal Boundaries Boundary Setting

D

DADT Deep Survey Demisexuality Desire Desire Cues Desire Discrepancy Desire Fluctuation Desire Inhibition Desire Initiation Desire Mismatch Desire Shutdown Desire Trigger Direct & Assertive Direct Identifiers Disclosure Comfort Disorganized Attachment Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell (DADT)Dopamine Dual Control Model of Sexual Response

F

Fantasy Fantasy Boundaries Fantasy Comfort Fantasy Disclosure Fantasy Pull Fantasy vs Practice Distinction Fantasy–Reality Congruence Fatigue And Libido Feedback Comfort Feedback Loops Five Love Languages Flirtation Style Flow States Foreplay Expectations Friction Points Friends with Benefits

G

Gates / Guardrails Genital Grounded / Integrated Growth Potentials Growth Report Growth Report — Your Intimacy Journey Guided Self-Understanding

H

Hardware–Software Consonance Hardware–Software Framework Hardware–Software Mismatch High Curiosity Orientation High Risk Orientation Hook-Up / Non-Relational Sex

I

Identity & Orientation Importance of Sexuality Inadequacy / Performance Insecurity Indirect / Invitational Initiation Initiation & Communication Style Initiation Anxiety Initiation Comfort Initiation Pattern Initiation Style Interest Mismatch Interpretive Depth Intimacy Intimacy Frequency Expectations Item-Level Response Patterns

J

Jealousy Management

K

Kink Kink Curiosity Kink Disclosure Kissing Preferences

L

Learning- and Mastery-Driven Curiosity Libido Libido Challenges Likert-Scale Items Limbic System Living Apart Together (LAT)Longitudinal Check-ins Longitudinal Deltas Love Language Low-Risk Orientation

M

Match IQ Micro Quiz Mind-Led Arousal Mismatch Tolerance Moderate-Risk Orientation Monogamish Monogamy Motivation for Sexuality

N

Neural Plasticity Neurochemical “Big Three” (dopamine / oxytocin-vasopressin / endogenous opioids)Non-Harm Principles Novelty Novelty Seeking

O

Onionlayer Model Open Relationship Opt-In Consent Optimal Sexual States Orgasm Orientation Outcome-Focused Oxytocin

Q

Quasi-Identifiers

S

Safe Word Safer-Sex Agreements Satisfaction Baseline Scores & Benchmarks Secure Attachment Self-Focused Sensory Play Sensual Massage Serial Monogamy Serotonin Sexting Sexual Architecture Sexual Confidence Sexual Desire Sexual Diversity Sexual Excitation System (SES)Sexual Frequency Expectations Sexual Inhibition System (SIS)Sexual Intelligence Sexual Needs Sexual Readiness Sexual Satisfaction Sexual Script Sexual Self-Actualization Sexual Self-Efficacy Sexual Shadow Sexual Signature Sexual Stage Sexual Tabooization Signal Mismatch Silent (Assumed) Monogamy Situationship Skill- and Knowledge-Based Confidence Social Software Soft Survey Soft-Sensory Somatic Integration Somatic Sexology Spike-Based Arousal Spiritual Sexuality Spontaneous Arousal Spontaneous Desire State Optimization State-Based Reward Strategic & Persuasive Stress And Desire Structured Action → Integration Sequence Subjective Supportive & Adaptive Suppression of Rare Combinations Systemic Gap in Sexual Education

T

Taboo Curiosity Targeted Boosts Tiered Access Approach Touch Preferences Trial-and-Error Sexuality Trust Trust and Safety Insecurity Trust Building Trust Repair Turn-Off Cues Turn-On Cues Typical Beliefs Typical Sexual Fantasies

V

Vagus Nerve Validation Validation Need Validation-Based Arousal Validity Voyeurism Vulnerability Tolerance

W

Wave-Based Arousal

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