Defn: , (prep. Among. [Obs.]
EMOTION E*mo"tion, n. Etym: [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.]
Defn: A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.
Syn. — Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. — Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.
EMOTIONAL
E*mo"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
EMOTIONALISM
E*mo"tion*al*ism, n.
Defn: The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
EMOTIONALIZE
E*mo"tion*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To give an emotional character to.
Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about
emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct.
Froude.