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proto-emotions

proto-emotions is the plural of proto-emotion.

Meaning of proto-emotion

Noun

proto-emotion (countable and uncountable, plural proto-emotions)

  1. An impression that could evolve into an emotion in the course of personality development.
    • Wiley argues that cognitive and emotional theories of the self are partially correct and complementary, that “the self is constituted in a cognitively reflexive manner, but in addition it is powered by a kind of emotion, itself also reflexive” (1994, p. 114). In this regard, he contends that “the...2010 April 26, Neil J. MacKinnon, David R. Heise, “Seven: Theories of Identities and Selves”, in Self, Identity, and Social Institutions, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, page 184

Questions about proto-emotions

What is proto-emotions the plural of?
Proto-emotions is the plural of proto-emotion.

Words near proto-emotions in the dictionary

  1. proto-Earth
  2. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Proto-Eastern Polynesian
  4. Proto-Edoid
  5. proto-emotion
  6. proto-emotions
  7. proto-epic
  8. proto-epics
  9. Proto-Eskimo
  10. proto-fascist
  11. proto-fascists

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