Emotional arousal (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arousal of strong emotions and emotional behaviorplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("emotional arousal" is a kind of...):

arousal (a state of heightened physiological activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emotional arousal"):

anger; angriness (the state of being angry)

excitation; excitement; fervor; fervour; inflammation (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

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