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Emotion

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Used for

affect, boredom, feeling

Broader Terms

psychology

Narrower Terms

anger, anxiety, crying, depression, empathy, euphoria, fear, frustration, grief, guilt, love /affection, pleasure

Related Terms

mood disorder

Scope Note

that aspect of consciousness devoted to affect or feeling.

Facts

  • Emotion is any strong feeling.
  • An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.
  • An appeal to emotion is a type of argument which attempts to arouse the emotions of its audience in order to gain acceptance of its conclusion.
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