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emotion
noun
feeling, emotion, affection, sentiment, passion mean a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.
feeling denotes any partly mental, partly physical response marked by pleasure, pain, attraction, or repulsion; it may suggest the mere existence of a response but imply nothing about the nature or intensity of it.
emotion carries a strong implication of excitement or agitation but, like feeling, encompasses both positive and negative responses.
affection applies to feelings that are also inclinations or likings.
sentiment often implies an emotion inspired by an idea.
passion suggests a very powerful or controlling emotion.
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Word History
Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovēre to remove, displace, from e- + movēre to move
1579, in the meaning defined at sense 2b
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“Emotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotion. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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