emotion
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emotion
- /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ UK
- /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/ Canada, US
- /iˈmoʊ.ʃən/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -əʊʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).
noun emotions
- Movement; agitation. and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion or earthquake
- A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
- A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
Similar: emotion, kibun, sensation, sentiment, senniment, touch
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: thrill, excitement, feel, fervor, passion, emotive, feeling, emotional, sentiment, upheaval, stir, mood, affection, shock, unrest, commotion
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noun person's internal state of being
| Español | afecto, emoción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 감정 gamjeong |
| 日本語 | 感情 kanjō, 心緒 shinsho |
| 中文 | 感情 gǎnqíng, 情感 qínggǎn |
| हिन्दी | भावना bhāvnā, जज़्बा jazbā, एहसास ehsās |
| Português | emoção |
| Français | émotion |
| Deutsch | Gefühl, Empfindung f Emotion |
| Italiano | emozione |
| Ελληνικά | συναίσθημα synaísthima |
| Română | emoție |
| Русский | эмо́ция emócija, чу́вство čúvstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | cảm xúc |
| العربية | عَاطِفَة ʕāṭifa, عَوَاطِف ʕawāṭif, إِحْسَاس ʔiḥsās |
| עברית | רֶגֶשׁ régesh |
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title = {emotion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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