Meanings
adjectiveantiemotional (comparative more antiemotional, superlative most antiemotional)
comparative more antiemotional · superlative most antiemotional
- Opposing emotion.
For two decades he lectured on the emergence of Western lay Zen, arguing against what he saw as the antiemotional bias of monastic Asian Zen in favor of an approach that integrated psychological experience into meditation practice.
2009 April 26, Chip Brown, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishemotional
- Englishantiemotional
Translations
Portuguese antiemocional, antiemotivo
- antiemocionalopposing emotion
- antiemotivoopposing emotion
Cite this entry
APA
antiemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiemotional
MLA
“antiemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiemotional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiemotional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiemotional.
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