Emotion

  • 31emotion — The typical human emotions include love, grief, fear, anger, joy. Each indicates a state of some kind of arousal, a state that can prompt some activities and interfere with others. These states are associated with characteristic feelings, and… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 32emotion — noun 1) she was good at hiding her emotions Syn: feeling, sentiment; reaction, response 2) overcome by emotion, she turned away Syn: passion, strength of feeling, warmth of feeling 3) responses based purely on emotion …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 33ÉMOTION — n. f. Trouble de l’âme. émotion vive, forte, légère. De douces, de tendres émotions. éprouver beaucoup d’émotion. Parler avec émotion. Il ne ressentit pas la moindre émotion en apprenant cette nouvelle. Il se dit aussi des Mouvements populaires… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 34emotion — [[t]ɪmo͟ʊʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ emotions 1) N VAR An emotion is a feeling such as happiness, love, fear, anger, or hatred, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with. Happiness was an emotion that Reynolds was having… …

    English dictionary

  • 35Emotion — Empfindung; Stimmungslage; Sentiment; Gefühlsbewegung; Regung; Gefühlsregung; Gespür; Gefühl; Affekt * * * Emo|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Gefühls , Gemütsbewegung, Erregung [<frz. émotion „Erregung, Rührung“] …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 36emotion — [16] The semantic notion underlying emotion – of applying ‘physical movement’ metaphorically to ‘strong feeling’ – is an ancient one: Latin used the phrase mōtus animā, literally ‘movement of the spirit’, in this sense. Emotion itself is a post… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37emotion */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)n] / US [ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms emotion : singular emotion plural emotions a feeling that you experience, for example love, fear, or anger Jealousy is an uncomfortable emotion. As a nurse I learned to… …

    English dictionary

  • 38emotion — [16] The semantic notion underlying emotion – of applying ‘physical movement’ metaphorically to ‘strong feeling’ – is an ancient one: Latin used the phrase mōtus animā, literally ‘movement of the spirit’, in this sense. Emotion itself is a post… …

    Word origins

  • 39emotion —   No general term, but emotions may be described by descriptive words following pu uwai, na au, or pu upa a (rare), or pi i ka, as pu uwai hau oli, happiness, pi i ka huhū, to be angry; pīhoihoi, ho olokuloku, pi oloke, mālani, auālipo; kipona… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 40Emotion —          CHIRAC (Jacques)     Bio express : Homme d État français (1932 )     «Une esthétique du pouvoir a remplacé l exercice du pouvoir concédé à des entourages mondains, des experts technocratiques, des analystes financiers, des éminences… …

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