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emotion.

Movement; agitation.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/Received-Pronunciation/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/Canada, General-American/iˈmoʊ.ʃən/Canada, General-American
  1. Movement; agitation.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  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.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Borrowed from Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”), based on Latin ēmōtus, past participle of ēmoveō (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ē- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and moveō (“move”).

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