Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of emotions. According to Robert Plutchik's psychoevolutionary theory, 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 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 has interjections expressing degrees of these emotions: Simple emotions discovery - confusion gain - loss surprise - no surprise - expectation wonder - commonplace happiness - unhappiness amusement - weariness completion - incompleteness courage - timidity - cowardice pity - cruelty repentance - lack of regret - innocence Complex emotions pride - modesty - shame closeness - detachment - distance complaint/pain - doing OK - pleasure caution - boldness - rashness patience - mere tolerance - anger relaxation - composure - stress Pure emotions fear - nervousness - security togetherness - privacy respect - disrespect appreciation - envy love - no love lost - hatred familiarity - mystery Propositional attitudes attentive - inattentive - avoiding alertness - exhaustion intent - indecision - refusal effort - no real effort - repose hope - despair desire - indifference - reluctance interest - no interest - repulsion Complex propositional attitudes permission - prohibition competence - incompetence obligation - freedom constraint - independence - resistance to constraint request - negative request suggestion - no suggestion - warning See also: Emotion theory, Empathy, Facial expression External links Aristotle's List of Emotions Book Two of Aristotle's Rhetoric This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.