emotionless
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ʃən noun
1.
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.
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World English Dictionary
emotion (ɪˈməʊʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear | |
| [C16: from French, from Old French esmovoir to excite, from Latin ēmovēre to disturb, from movēre to | |
| e'motionless | |
| —adj | |
| emotion (ɪˈməʊʃən) | |
| —n | |
| any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear | |
| [C16: from French, from Old French esmovoir to excite, from Latin ēmovēre to disturb, from movēre to | |
| e'motionless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
emotion
1570s, "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 1650s; extended to "any feeling" 1808.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
emotion e·mo·tion (ĭ-mō'shən)
n.
An intense mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes.
e·mo'tion·al adj.
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Science Dictionary
emotion  (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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Example sentences
Non-abusive caregiver appears detached, withdrawn or emotionless in light of extreme violence.
The public impression of scientists is that they are distant and emotionless.
Early symptoms also include slow or halting speech without tone or inflection and a dull and emotionless facial expression.
They suffer from a brain abnormality that sets them adrift in an emotionless world.
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