Meanings
comparative more emotionlike · superlative most emotionlike
- Resembling or characteristic of emotion.
On the other hand, we have emotionlike experiences (such as slight irritation or boredom) almost all of the time.
1999, Sally Planalp, Communicating Emotion: Social, Moral, and Cultural Processes1 more example
These aspects of emotion—expressive behavior, physiological process—have parallels in the emotionlike behaviors of other species. Yet human emotion is also unique, and shaped by language[…]
2013, Mark Schaller, Jeffry A. Simpson, Douglas T. Kenrick, Evolution and Social Psychology, page 133
Origin
- 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*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishemotionlike
Cite this entry
emotionlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionlike
“emotionlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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