émotion — meaning in English

English meaning

• emotion noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
• feeling noun An emotion or emotional state.

Senses

émotion is used for these senses in English:

• emotion 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.
• feeling Emotion; impression.

emotion — full definition

1. noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
2. noun Feeling as opposed to reason; the emotional side of a person's response to something.

feeling — full definition

1. noun An emotion or emotional state.
2. noun A sensation experienced through the sense of touch.
3. adj Showing or having strong emotional sensitivity.

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