emotion

One entry found for emotion.

Main Entry: emo·tion
Pronunciation: i-m-shn
Function: noun
1 : the affective aspect of consciousness
2 : a state of feeling
3 : a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body -- compare AFFECT
- emo·tion·al /-shnl, -shn-l/ adjective
- emo·tion·al·i·ty /-m-sh-nal-t-/ noun, plural -ties
- emo·tion·al·ly /-m-shn-l, -shn-l-/ adverb