List of emotions
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The basic eight emotions are:
- fear (or terror, shock, phobia)
- anger (or rage, which can be directed to the self or others)
- sorrow (or sadness, or grief or depression, which some people think of a separate emotion—see depression)
- joy (happiness, glee, gladness).
- disgust
- acceptance
- anticipation
- surprise
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According to Book Two of Aristotle's Rhetoric
The emotions are:
- Anger vs. Calmness
- Friendship (Love) vs. Enmity
- Fear vs. Confidence
- Shame vs. Shamelessness
- Kindness vs. Unkindness
- Pity
- Indignation
- Envy
The artificial language Lojban
It has interjections expressing degrees of these emotions:
- Simple emotions
- Complex emotions
- Pure emotions
- fear - nervousness - security
- togetherness - privacy
- respect - disrespect
- appreciation - envy
- love - no love lost - hatred
- familiarity - mystery
- Propositional attitudes
- Complex propositional attitudes
- permission - prohibition
- competence - incompetence
- obligation - freedom
- constraint - independence - resistance to constraint
- request - negative request
- suggestion - no suggestion - warning
Alphabetical list of emotions, including the above
- Acceptance, Amusement, Anger, Anticipation, Apprehension, Awe
- Calmness, Comfort, Contentment, Confidence, Cool, Courage
- Depression, Disappointment, Disgust, Desire
- Elation, Embarrassment, Envy,
- Fear, Friendship, Frustration,
- Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Glee, Gladness
- Hate, Happiness, Honor, Hope, Humility
- Joy, Jealousy,
- Kindness
- Love
- Modesty
- Nervousness
- Pain, Patience, Peace, Phobia, Pity, Pride
- Rage, Remorse, Repentance
- Sadness, Shame, Shyness, Sorrow, Shock, Suffering, Surprise
- Terror
- Unhappiness
- Vulnerability
- Worry
Intensity of emotions
Emotions could be arranged according to intensity. In each pair below, for example, the former emotion is less intense than the latter.