nonemotion

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noun

Absence of emotion.

OriginEnglish emotion ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir →
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Meanings

nounnonemotion (countable and uncountable, plural nonemotions)

plural nonemotions

  1. uncountableAbsence of emotion.
  2. countableThat which is not an emotion.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  21. Proto-Italic*moweō
  22. Latinmoveō
  23. Latinēmoveō
  24. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  25. Old Frenchesmovoir
  26. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  27. Middle Frenchemotion
  28. Englishemotion
  29. Englishnonemotion

From non- + emotion.

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APA

nonemotion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotion

MLA

“nonemotion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonemotion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotion.

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