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.
any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.
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.
an instance of this.
something that causes such a reaction: the powerful emotion of a great symphony.
Origin of emotion
1570–80; apparently <Middle French esmotion, derived on the model of movoir: motion, from esmovoir to set in motion, move the feelings <Vulgar Latin *exmovēre, for Latin ēmovēre;see e-1, move, motion
In movies like Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Memento, and more, he’s been toying with that concept, finding emotion and feeling in the emotionless fabric of the universe.
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The stories that tend to go viral on Facebook are those that stoke emotion and divisiveness, critics argue.
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Rivers and LeBron James had passionately described the emotions the NBA community felt after seeing the video of Blake’s shooting.
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People living in small, relatively isolated communities, such as Himba farmers and herders in southern Africa, often rank facial emotions differently than Westerners do if asked to describe on their own what a facial expression shows, Roberson says.
Ancient sculptures hint at universal facial expressions across cultures|Bruce Bower|August 19, 2020|Science News
When we see an emotion on the face of another, we feel it ourselves.
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Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She suggests mindfulness exercises to help us process the emotion before it triggers a response.
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Even when he opens up, the sentences are wooden, the scenes sucked dry of emotion.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player|William O’Connor|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was not a man given to casual affectionate display; the moment was charged with emotion.
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In the wake of the verdicts in Ferguson and New York City, many of us are still sore with emotion.
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But the emotion passed in a moment, and his face was a brown mask, saying nothing.
The Young Trailers|Joseph A. Altsheler
Life, to be true, must involve all the functions of the soul—thought, emotion and will; must be lived with a healthy fulness.
Cleo The Magnificent|Louis Zangwill
George (to the audience, in a voice expressing the very deeps of emotion).
Happy Days|Alan Alexander Milne
There is so much to choose from, so many varieties of thought and emotion.
The Hearts of Men|H. Fielding
Vainly should I undertake to paint my emotion on this action of his!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for emotion
emotion
/ (ɪˈməʊʃən) /
noun
any strong feeling, as of joy, sorrow, or fear
Derived forms of emotion
emotionless, adjective
Word Origin for emotion
C16: from French, from Old French esmovoir to excite, from Latin ēmovēre to disturb, from movēre to move