human emotions
Joy, grief, anger
Human emotions are the subjective feelings that arise in response to circumstances, thoughts, or physiological states—joy, fear, anger, sadness, love, disgust, surprise, and countless gradations between.
Emotions influence behavior and decision-making, often before conscious thought intervenes.
The phrase typically appears in contexts distinguishing felt experience from rational analysis: AI can process data but cannot understand human emotions.
To speak of human emotions is often to emphasize their complexity, irrationality, or universality.
- raw emotionUnprocessed, intense feeling
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- happinessJoyful emotional state
- tears of joyCrying from positive emotion
- joyIntense positive emotion
envy · nostalgia · mixed feelings · ambivalence · anxiety · fight or flight · inner turmoil · wonderment · vulnerability · grief · broken heart · longing · sadness · gratitude · despair · empathy · catharsis · jealousy
- Greek tragedytragedy, Greek tragedy, Greek tragedies, Sophocles, Aeschylus
- SpinozaSpinoza, substance, attribute, mode, natura naturans
human emotionslogic
Science of valid reasoning
reason · rationality · pure reason · intellect · analytical thinking
human emotionsemotional detachment
Withdrawal from feelings
stoicism · apathy · emotional numbness · impassivity · equanimity