emotional state

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalandstate

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/
us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/
us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemotional state

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Since movements include emotional body postures and facial expressions, these cells would be activated by the perception of the object'semotionalstate.
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Another trend was found in the area of internal impulses, needs, motivations, andemotionalstate.
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Similarly, it seems likely that respondents' reports regarding their commitment to cultural norms and activities would be relatively independent of theiremotionalstate.
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We argue that what people know about their world affects theiremotionalstate.
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The music is a kind of anticipated echo of anemotionalstate, which the person on stage will only realize later on.
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The intention is for the music to facilitate communication between child and musician, such that each tunes into the other'semotionalstate.
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Indeed, verification that a particularemotionalstatehas been elicited in an individual is a vexing issue in affective science.
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There may be recognition that things might look different from other perspectives, and that views can change with time or theemotionalstate.
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The biased conscious appraisals are probably made worse by the negativeemotionalstate.
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It is believed to be potent and powerful and capable of bringing about changes in the chanter's mental andemotionalstate.
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It is the long-term tendency to eat when emotional that combines with currentemotionalstateto trigger cognitive deficits.
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The view then is that the dream pictures or "contextualizes" theemotionalstateof the dreamer.
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Heremotionalstatecan best be described as comfortable and quietly joyous - about herself, her surroundings, and her life.
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This model would start with activation of anemotionalstatein the limbic system along with sparse random activation of the visual system.
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Instead, judges and juries realize the press of compassion on theemotionalstateof the spouse or companion, and lessen the sentence.
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Depression differs from emotion and passion in that it is a prolongedemotionalstatethat progresses until settling into an immobile, long-term state of dejection.
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The context consists of the representation of information at the time of retrieval as well as other factors likeemotionalstateand physical location.
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A key element is sensitivity to theemotionalstateof the other person.
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