EMOTION


Meaning of EMOTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈmō-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovēre to remove, displace, from e- + movēre to move

Date: 1579

1.

a. obsolete : disturbance

b. : excitement

2.

a. : the affective aspect of consciousness : feeling

b. : a state of feeling

c. : a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body

Synonyms: see feeling

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