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emotions

UK/ɪˈməʊ.ʃənz//ɪˈmoʊ.ʃənz/

emotions is the plural of emotion.

Meaning of emotion

Noun

emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)

  1. (obsolete) Movement; agitation.
    • and the water continuing in the caverns[…]caused the emotion or earthquake1758, “Observations on a slight Earthquake”, in Philosophical Transactions, volume L, page 246
  2. 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.
    • He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    feeling, affect
  3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Phrases with emotions

Questions about emotions

What is emotions the plural of?
Emotions is the plural of emotion.
How do you pronounce emotions?
Emotions is pronounced /ɪˈməʊ.ʃənz/ (UK).

Words near emotions in the dictionary

  1. emotionless
  2. emotionlessly
  3. emotionlessness
  4. emotionlike
  5. emotionology
  6. emotions
  7. emotive
  8. emotive hardcore
  9. emotively
  10. emotiveness
  11. emotives

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