EMOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emotion mean? 

• EMOTION (noun)
  The noun EMOTION has 1 sense:

1. any strong feeling

  Familiarity information: EMOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any strong feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("emotion" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emotion"):

CER; conditioned emotion; conditioned emotional response (an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning)

anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))

awe; fear; reverence; veneration (a feeling of profound respect for someone or something)

anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)

joy; joyfulness; joyousness (the emotion of great happiness)

love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)

hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

emotional state; spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection))

Derivation:

emote (give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role)

emotional (determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason)

emotional (of or pertaining to emotion)

 Context examples 

That's the part of the brain responsible for emotions.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We all awoke exhausted after the terrific emotions and scanty food of yesterday.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He explained that the systems to regulate emotions are not fully mature in adolescents, making them more vulnerable to external and internal stimuli.

(Half of mental health disorders arise in adolescence, SciDev.Net)

My companion expressed no surprise at this emotion, nor did he question me as to its cause; he only said—"We will wait a few minutes, Jane, till you are more composed."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Empathy has two parts: the ability to recognize another person’s thoughts and feelings, and the ability to respond with an appropriate emotion to someone else’s thoughts and feelings.

(Study finds that genes play a role in empathy, University of Cambridge)

Researchers have identified connections between neurons in brain systems associated with reward, stress, and emotion.

(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)

"What shall I do with him?" sighed Jo, finding that emotions were more unmanagable than she expected.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An eclipse will often push emotions to either end of the spectrum.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This work shows how emotions change the connection between two individuals at a neural level.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)

Scientists have spotted neurons that play crucial roles in connecting emotions and sleep, shedding light on the future discovery of drug targets for anxiety disorder and/or sleep disorders.

(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)