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emotion

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See also:Emotionandémotion

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchemotion (modernFrenchémotion), fromémouvoir(“excite”), based onLatinēmōtus, past participle ofēmoveō(“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), fromē-(“out”) (variant ofex-), andmoveō(“move”).

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Noun

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 emotion on Wikipedia

emotion (countable anduncountable,pluralemotions)

  1. (obsolete)Movement;agitation.[16th–18th c.]
    • 1758, “Observations on a slight Earthquake”, inPhilosophical Transactions‎[1], volume L, page246:
      and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused theemotion or earthquake
  2. Aperson's internal state of being and involuntaryphysiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      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 thrillingemotion that accompanied his thoughts.
    • 2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, inCNN‎[2]:
      “Just think about the last big decision you made. How much of it was based inemotion and how much was based in intellect? Most all big decisions are based in both.”[…] Historically, placing weight onemotions has been dismissed. “What’s remarkable is that for so many years, people didn’t seeemotions as conveying important messages,” he says.
  3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

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Translations

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person's internal state of being

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Noun

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emotion c (singular definiteemotionen,plural indefiniteemotioner)

  1. emotion

Declension

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Declension ofemotion
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativeemotionemotionenemotioneremotionerne
genitiveemotionsemotionensemotionersemotionernes

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