human emotion
What hearts experience
Human emotion refers to the feelings that arise in response to experience—joy, fear, anger, sadness, love, disgust, surprise.
Emotions are distinguished from moods by their intensity and specificity: an emotion has a trigger, while a mood lingers without clear cause.
The film captured the full range of human emotion.
The phrase often emphasizes what separates people from machines or abstractions: The algorithm can't account for human emotion.
- loveIntense fond attachment
- broken heartEmotional pain from loss
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- blind rageUncontrolled, unseeing anger
- passionIntense emotional drive
admiration · shame · anticipation · regret · curiosity · frustration · embarrassment · bittersweet · mixed feelings · joy · tears of joy · hysteria · cry for help · vulnerability · emotional baggage · inner turmoil · confusion · catharsis
- comic book elementssuperheroes, villains, sidekicks, alter egos, secret identities
- empathyempathy, sympathy, compassion, kindness, understanding
human emotionpure reason
Intellect independent of experience
rationality · calculation · intellect · objectivity · logical analysis
human emotionemotional numbness
Absence of felt affect
detachment · indifference · apathy · impassivity · dispassion