Definition of Emotion

1. Noun. Any strong feeling.


Definition of Emotion

1. n. A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.

Definition of Emotion

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emotion

1. an affective state of consciousness [n -S]

Medical Definition of Emotion

1. A strong feeling, aroused mental state, or intense state of drive or unrest directed toward a definite object and evidenced in both behaviour and in psychologic changes, with accompanying autonomic nervous system manifestations. Origin: L. E-moveo, pp. -motus, to move out, agitate (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emotion

emongst
emophyte
emophytes
emorata
emos
emotag
emotags
emote
emoted
emoter
emoters
emotes
emoticon
emoticons
emoting
emotion (current term)
emotionable
emotional
emotional age
emotional amenorrhoea
emotional amnesia
emotional arousal
emotional attitudes
emotional blackmail
emotional build
emotional deprivation
emotional disease
emotional disorder
emotional disturbance
emotional intelligence

Literary usage of Emotion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"In a preceding article' I endeavored to show that all the so-called expressions of emotion are to be accounted for not by reference to emotion, ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1905)
"Physical basis of emotion. Psychol. Rev., i, 1894, pp. 516-529. La théorie de l'émotion. Trad, de l'anglais. Paris, 1902, pp. 180. Bryant, Sophie. Prof. ..."

3. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"An emotion is a " moved " or stirred-up state of mind. Or, since almost any such state of mind includes also elements that are cognitive, like recognition ..."

4. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1908)
"a perfect embodiment of mixed emotion in the figure of Sentimental Tommy. Never was anybody more sympathetic than Tommy, boy and man. ..."

5. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1891)
"If there be such a thing as a purely spiritual emotion, I should be inclined to restrict it to this cerebral sense of abundance and ease, this feeling, ..."

6. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"Irving's Opinion, and Ellen Terry's—Guiding Oneself Through the Impassioned Speech—Crescendo of emotion—Beginning Gently—Nervousness Often a Good ..."

7. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"A quality of the soul is either (1) a passion or emotion, or (2) a power or ... By (1) a passion or emotion we mean appetite, 2 anger, fear, confidence, ..."

8. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1833)
"SECTION I. No passion or emotion exists without an antecedent causei—We love what is agreeable, and hate what is disagreeable—Sources of emotions—External ..."

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