Counteremotion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counteremotion is a noun meaning An emotion which acts in contrast or opposition to another emotion.
Meaning
An emotion which acts in contrast or opposition to another emotion.
Example Sentences
The counteremotion of anger is serenity, that of fear relaxation.
An aggressor experiences a revulsion to hurting his victim, but the discomfort cannot last forever, and eventually a reassuring, energizing counteremotion resets his equilibrium to neutral.
He began to feel [...] the elation of money coming his way, the self-congratulation that followed – because the gain was all down to his inspired decisions — and then the almost equal counteremotion of sickening anxiety: a fear that there was some aspect of the trade he hadn't covered, some twist that even he had not foreseen.
Word Forms
- counteremotions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterenergy, counterposition, counteraction, counterexcitement, counterforce, counterdisposition.
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