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emotionless
Variant of emotion
emotion
definition
emo·tion (ē mō′s̸hən, i-)
noun
- strong feeling; excitement
- a state of consciousness having to do with the arousal of feelings, distinguished from other mental states, as cognition, volition, and awareness of physical sensation
- any specific feeling; any of various complex reactions with both mental and physical manifestations, as love, hate, fear, anger, etc.
Etymology: Fr (prob. after motion) < émouvoir, to agitate, stir up < VL *exmovere, for L emovere < e-, out + movere, move
Related Forms:
- emotionless emo′·tion·less adjective
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