emotion
Origin of emotion
OTHER WORDS FROM emotion
e·mo·tion·a·ble, adjectivee·mo·tion·less, adjectivepre·e·mo·tion, nounWords nearby emotion
MORE ABOUT EMOTION
What does emotion mean?
An emotion is a spontaneous mental reaction, such as joy, sorrow, hate, and love. Emotions always involve mental activity and sometimes have physical effects on the body, as in She could tell what emotion he was feeling by looking at his face.
The word emotion is used generally to refer collectively to these intense feelings or an expression of them, as in The director really wanted to see some emotion from the lead actress.
What causes someone’s emotions and how someone feels or expresses their emotions differs from person to person. You and your friend might both feel sad to have failed an important test. Your reaction to your sad emotion might be to cry, while your friend’s reaction might be to shout.
The word emotional describes something that is related to emotions, causing an emotion to happen, or easily experiencing emotions.
Example: I have a hard time sharing my emotions with people and instead try to appear stoic.
Where does emotion come from?
The first records of emotion come from the 1570s. It ultimately comes from the Latin ēmovēre, meaning “to disturb.”
Emotions are part of the human consciousness. They often strongly affect a person’s behavior, and many people will go to extremes to not have to feel a negative emotion, such as fear, or to feel a positive one, such as happiness.
People are often told to control their emotions, especially children. But emotions are spontaneous responses. That is, they happen without conscious thought or planning. We can’t control them, and there is no right or wrong emotion. Emotions just are. Instead, we can control our reactions to our emotions. When we’re angry, for example, we can choose to say so rather than punch something.
Scientists theorize that humans aren’t the only animals capable of experiencing emotions. For example, if you approach a mouse, it will most likely run and hide from you out of fear. And research has shown that chimpanzees seem to behave in ways that suggest they feel emotions such as sadness, joy, and love.
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What are some other forms related to emotion?
- emotional (adjective)
- emotionless (adjective)
- emotionable (adjective)
- preemotion (noun)
What are some synonyms for emotion?
What are some words that share a root or word element with emotion?
What are some words that often get used in discussing emotion?
How is emotion used in real life?
Emotion is a common word that means the intense feelings that we commonly experience.
Please remember that you’re allowed to be upset and angry. Please allow yourself to feel it. Suppressing your emotions isn’t healthy. Sending so much love ♡
— Emily Canham (@EmilyCanham) December 19, 2020
Shout out to everyone who is in constant emotional turmoil but deals with it by convincing others that they experience little to no emotion.
— Eugene Lee Yang (@EugeneLeeYang) July 3, 2019
The sin is almost never in the emotion of anger but in your response to that emotion. (Psalm 4:4)
— Ron Edmondson (@RonEdmondson) January 19, 2011
Try using emotion!
Which of the following is not an emotion?
A. anger
B. sadness
C. hunger
D. happiness
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What are other ways to say emotion?
The noun emotion is used to refer to any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or love, or to any strong agitation of feelings. How is emotion different from passion, feeling, and sentiment? Find out on Thesaurus.com.