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emotion

/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/ noun B1
  1. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response. (countable, uncountable)

Plural emotions

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But Miss Barry found herself thinking less about Anne’s quaint speeches than of her fresh enthusiasms, her transparent emotions, her little winning ways, and the sweetness of her eyes and lips.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 240 · C1
It was in vain that she recalled every incident and emotion of that memorable occasion and tried to feel the old satisfying anger.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 252 · C1
Bennet’s emotions were much more tranquil on the occasion, and such as he did experience he pronounced to be of a most agreeable sort; for it gratified him, he said, to discover that Charlotte Lucas, whom he had been used to think tolerably sensible, was as foolish as his wife, and more foolish than his daughter!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 149 · B2
Darcy changed colour; but the emotion was short, and he listened without attempting to interrupt her while she continued,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 221 · B2

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