EMOTIONAL AROUSAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("emotional arousal" is a kind of...):

arousal (a state of heightened physiological activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emotional arousal"):

anger; angriness (the state of being angry)

excitation; excitement; fervor; fervour; inflammation (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)