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e·mo·tion

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–noun

1.	an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.

2.	any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.

3.	any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.

4.	an instance of this.

5.	something that causes such a reaction: the powerful emotion of a great symphony.

[Origin: 1570–80; appar. < MF esmotion, derived on the model of movoir: motion, from esmovoir to set in motion, move the feelings < VL *exmovére, for L émovére; see e-, move, motion

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—Related forms

e·mo·tion·a·ble, adjective

e·mo·tion·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See feeling.

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e·mo·tion Audio Help (ĭ-mō'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.
A state of mental agitation or disturbance: spoke unsteadily in a voice that betrayed his emotion. See Synonyms at feeling.
The part of the consciousness that involves feeling; sensibility: "The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect" (Isaac Bashevis Singer).

[French émotion, from Old French, from esmovoir, to excite, from Vulgar Latin *exmovēre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin movēre, to move; see meuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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1579, "a (physical) moving, stirring, agitation," from M.Fr. emotion, from O.Fr. emouvoir "stir up," from L. emovere "move out, remove, agitate," from ex- "out" + movere "to move" (see move). Sense of "strong feeling" is first recorded 1660; extended to "any feeling" 1808. Emote is a 1917 back-formation. Emotional "liable to emotion" is from 1857.

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emotion
noun
any strong feeling

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emotion1 [iˈməuʃən] noun

a (strong) feeling of any kind
Example: Fear, joy, anger, love, jealousy are all emotions.

Arabic:	عاطِفَه
Chinese (Simplified):	感情
Chinese (Traditional):	感情
Czech:	emoce
Danish:	følelse; sindsbevægelse
Dutch:	gevoelen
Estonian:	tundmus
Finnish:	tunne, tunnetila
French:	émotion
German:	die Gefühlsbewegung
Greek:	συναίσθημα
Hungarian:	érzelem
Icelandic:	geðshræring
Indonesian:	perasaan
Italian:	emozione

Japanese:	感情
Korean:	감정, 정서
Latvian:	jūtas; emocijas
Lithuanian:	jausmas, emocija
Norwegian:	(sterk) følelse, sinnsbevegelse
Polish:	uczucie
Portuguese (Brazil):	emoção, afeto
Portuguese (Portugal):	emoção
Romanian:	sentiment
Russian:	эмоция
Slovak:	emócia
Slovenian:	čustvo
Spanish:	sentimiento
Swedish:	känsla
Turkish:	duygu, his

emotion2 [iˈməuʃən] noun

the moving or upsetting of the mind or feelings
Example: He was overcome by/with emotion.

Arabic:	إنْفِعال
Chinese (Simplified):	激动
Chinese (Traditional):	激動
Czech:	dojetí
Danish:	sindsbevægelse
Dutch:	emotie
Estonian:	meeleliigutus
Finnish:	mielenliikutus
French:	émotion
German:	das Gefühl
Greek:	συγκίνηση
Hungarian:	indulat
Icelandic:	geðshræring
Indonesian:	emosi
Italian:	emozione

Japanese:	感動
Korean:	감동, 감격
Latvian:	saviļņojums
Lithuanian:	susijaudinimas
Norwegian:	sinnsbevegelse
Polish:	wzruszenie
Portuguese (Brazil):	emoção
Portuguese (Portugal):	emoção
Romanian:	emoţie
Russian:	душевное волнение
Slovak:	dojatie
Slovenian:	razburjenje
Spanish:	emoción
Swedish:	sinnesrörelse, känslosvall
Turkish:	duygu, coşku

See also: emotional

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emotion Audio Help (ĭ-mō'shən) Pronunciation Key
A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.

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Emotion

Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.]

1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.

2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. "Religious agitations." --Prescott.

4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

A logical agitation of the matter. --L'Estrange.

The project now in agitation. --Swift.

Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. See Emotion.

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