[i-moh-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| e·mo·tion (ĭ-mō'shən) n.
[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.] |
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.
| 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. |
