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Psychology
Emotions and traits
Emotions and traits
Agreeableness
Personality trait
Anger
Intense hostile emotional state of mind
Angst
Intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or inner turmoil
Annoyance
An unpleasant mental state that is characterized by irritation and distraction
Anxiety
Unpleasant combination of emotions including fear, apprehension and worry
Boredom
Mental state experienced when an individual is left without anything to do
Confidence
State of trusting that a belief or course of action is correct
Conscientiousness
Personality trait of being orderly and following the rules
Courage
Choice to confront risk, pain, agony, intimidation or uncertainty
Curiosity
Quality related to inquisitive thinking
Depression (mood)
State of low mood and aversion to activity
Disappointment
Feeling of dissatisfaction following the failure of an expectation to manifest
Disgust
Basic emotion
Doubt
Status between belief and disbelief
Emotion
Subjective, conscious experience characterised primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states
Euphoria
Intense feelings of well-being
Extraversion and introversion
Personality trait
Fear (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Frustration
Common emotional response to opposition, related to anger, annoyance and disappointment
Gratification
Pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or goal
Greed
Insatiable longing for material gain
Guilt (emotion)
Cognitive or an emotional experience
Happiness
Positive emotional state
Hatred
Deep and emotional extreme dislike
Hope (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Hubris
Extreme pride or overconfidence, often in combination with arrogance
Humour
Tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement
Hypomania
Mood state
Love
Strong, positive emotional/mental states
Lust
Human emotion
Mania
State of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels
Narcissism
Personality trait of self-love of a fake perfect self
Neuroticism
Personality trait involving anxiety, anger, jealousy, guilt or depression
Openness to experience
Personality trait
Panic
Sudden overwhelming sensation of fear and irrational response.
Passion (emotion)
Feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something
Pleasure
Experience that feels good or is enjoyable
Pride (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Regret
Negative conscious and emotional reaction to personal past acts and behaviours
Sadness
Negative emotion
Self-control
Aspect of inhibitory control
Self-esteem
Psychology term about a person's evaluation of their own status
Social anxiety
Discomfort or a fear when a person is in social interactions
Sorrow (emotion)
Emotion of prolonged, resigned sadness
Suffering
Pain, mental, or emotional unhappiness
Surprise (emotion)
Emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event
Worry
Thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a pessimistic nature