emotion

CEFRB1

/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A strong feeling such as happiness, anger, or fear.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

  • Emotion counts above vocabulary in verbal communication.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /iˈmoʊ.ʃən/
  • /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Movement; agitation.

More examples

In context

  • So great was his emotion that he could not utter a word.

  • and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion or earthquake

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).